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take revenge for a perceived wrong- In the story, she wants to avenge the murder of her brother.
avenge = take revenge for
- They want to avenge last year's loss to the team.
- You are the representative of justice here, and it is for justice to avenge those she has been unable to protect.Dumas, Alexandre -- The Count of Monte Cristo
- Wouldst thou avenge thyself on the innocent babe?Hawthorne, Nathaniel -- The Scarlet Letter
- I felt that the pale young gentleman's blood was on my head, and that the Law would avenge it.Dickens, Charles -- Great Expectations
- This very night I will avenge the death of my two daughters!Rudolfo Anaya -- Bless Me, Ultima
- Ever since we walked into this room you've been behaving like a self-appointed public avenger.Reginald Rose -- Twelve Angry Men
- Anything that is destroyed will be avenged.David Almond -- Clay
- I would sail east myself for a year and a day to find my father's friends or to learn of their deaths and avenge them if I could.C.S. Lewis -- The Voyage of the Dawn Trader
- I felt that the pale young gentleman's blood was on my head, and that the Law would avenge it.Charles Dickens -- Great Expectations
- "We will avenge him," they whispered.David Almond -- Kit's Wilderness
- It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.Edgar Allan Poe -- The Cask of Amontillado
- The Fox on her return, discovered what had happened, but was less grieved for the death of her young than for her inability to avenge them.Aesop -- Fables
- I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone.Edmund Burke
- Remember to avenge me on the French.Shakespeare, William -- King Henry VI, Part 1
- Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?Frederick Douglass -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- How can I avenge my sons—seven sons?Zane Grey -- The Heritage of the Desert
- The whole world was going to be right, and amply avenge any brave talk against the conventions.E.M. Forster -- Howards End
- Duffy was the villain and I was the avenging hero.Robert Penn Warren -- All the King's Men
- Avenging spirits hover over the spot where the victim fell, and lie in wait for the returning murderer.Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) -- Faust
avenge = get revenge for
avenge = take revenge for
avenger = someone who takes revenge
avenged = revenge will be taken
avenge = take revenge
avenge = take revenge
avenge = take revenge
avenger = someone who takes revenge for a perceived wrong