Both Uses
avenge
in
Twelve Angry Men
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- Ever since we walked into this room you've been behaving like a self-appointed public avenger.
Act 1 *avenger = someone who takes revenge
- So where does he get off to call me a public avenger and a sadist and everything?†
Act 2
Definitions:
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(1)
(avenge) take revenge for a perceived wrong
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(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.