avenging
present 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
Examplesofavenging
avenging
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
If you are to continueavengingevery crime, then you will have crime for infinity.
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Prosecuting counsel is not anavengingangel; he is an instrument of justice.
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My justice and myavengingfury are even-handed.
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The selling off of our public enterprises, however, which has led to a disastrously deficient public rapid transit network, is also nowavengingitself.
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I had to use considerable influence to prevent some of the outraged peopleavengingthemselves upon those two firms.
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Unfortunately,avengingthe dead means more dead, and they then call out to be avenged as well.
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To confound theiravengingpursuers, they had split up.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was said to prevent the soul fromavenginghis death.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Objectives were typically limited to such matters as recovering cattle,avengingsome personal insult, or resolving disputes over segments of grazing land.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.To confound theiravengingpursuers, they split up on the east shore of the lake.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sempronia was alleged by some to have contrived her husband's sudden death, therebyavengingher brothers, but there is no real evidence of her guilt.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.After assuming rule over the city andavenginghis father's death, the protagonist embarks on a quest to unify the land through conquest.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He was cast as a sociopathic biker,avenginghis buddy's recent death.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The religious farmers, long oppressed by a gang of ex-convicts, beginavengingthemselves on anyone who collaborated with the bandits.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In theavengingmode, it punishes the individual who knowingly does wrong but refuses to admit that he or she has done so.
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