avenged
past simple and past participle ofavenge
avenge
verb[T]
formaluk/əˈvendʒ/us/əˈvendʒ/to doharmto orpunishthepersonresponsiblefor somethingbaddone to you oryourfamilyorfriendsinordertoachieveafairsituation:
Hesworehe would avenge his brother'sdeath.
Shedeterminedto avenge herselfonthekiller.
At the end of thefilm, themurdereriskilledby his victim's avenginggirlfriend.
Synonym
revenge
Revenge and vengefulness
- avenge
- avenger
- bite
- bite back (atsomeone/something)
- don't get mad, get evenidiom
- eye
- fix
- medicine
- mind
- pay
- paysomeone/somethingback
- reprisal
- retaliate
- retaliation
- retaliatory
- tit for tat
- two can play at that gameidiom
- vengeance
- vengeful
- vengefully
Examplesofavenged
avenged
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Certain acts of heroism can meaningfully be called moral acts when there is a symbolized triumph, where, for example, innocent victims are beingavenged.
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I at any rate, am all for surviving, and the fact that we may beavengedhas very little interest for me.
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Unfortunately, avenging the dead means more dead, and they then call out to beavengedas well.
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They are powered by a strong feeling of wounded nationalism, with the xenophobic conviction that they are the superior race and that their grievances have not beenavenged.
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But there is also, among some people, a feeling that the dead must be endlesslyavengedand that any accommodation with the opposing view would betray those who have died.
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They had also threatened to leave the island en masse with the commissioner, unless the captainavengedtheir wrongs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He does not want his death to beavenged.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Heavengedthis miss with a three-point play to open the second half, and another basket on the following possession.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She foretold that one day her death will beavengedby her son and that evil will never conquer the good.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Afterward, he decided that his fathers death was finallyavenged.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.With the win he alsoavengedthe second of his only two losses to date.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Before that every death wasavengedby another death, in an unending vendetta.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.I have realised that we ought to haveavengedthe riots in court.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.An outrage was committed, which has never beenavenged.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He encounters the head, who, contented that he has beenavenged, dies in peace.
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- keep (someone/something) off something
- keep (someone/something) out
- keep (someone/something) out of something
- keep someone sweet
- keep someone up
- keep something down
- keep something quiet
- keep (something/someone) back
- keep sth back
- keep-sth-back
- keep sth down
- keep-sth-down
- keep sth from sb
- keep-sth-from-sb
- keep sth off (sb/sth)
- keep-sth-off-sb-sth
- keep (sth/sb) back
- keep-sth-sb-back
- keep sth to sth
- keep-sth-to-sth
- keep sth to yourself
- keep-sth-to-yourself
- keep sth up
- keep-sth-up
- keep-sweet