All 5 Uses

avenge
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The Woman Warrior
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Perhaps they had thrown her out to deflect the avengers.†
Chpt 1
"You can avenge your village," said the old woman.†
Chpt 2 *

avenge = take revenge for
I am a female avenger.†
Chpt 2

avenger = someone who takes revenge
To avenge my family, I'd have to storm across China to take back our farm from the Communists; I'd have to rage across the United States to take back the laundry in New York and the one in California.†
Chpt 2

avenge = take revenge for
We've got to avenge this wrong on our future, on our health, and on our lives.†
Chpt 5

Definitions:

(1) (avenge)
take revenge for a perceived wrong
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Avengers is also used as a proper noun to refer to fictious superheroes or naval ship names. Avenger has also been used to describe classes of weaponry.