avenge
verb (used with object)
to take vengeance or exact satisfaction for.
had avenged
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past perfectof avenge.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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By Halloween, the Bills had avenged their loss to Kansas City and were 6-1.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 22, 2023
The last four seasons, the team that had lost in the regular season had avenged that defeat on the way to a state title.
From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2021
And that was merely a sort of "photo op" to make people feel he had avenged our honor. bin Ladden was neutered and unable to lead anything ironically because of his success.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2016
Then Feet-in-the-Ashes told how he had gone to the Green Island and how he had avenged the insult offered to the king and how he had got what he had gone to search for.
From The Boy Who Knew What The Birds Said by Walker, Dugald Stewart
He had saved his country—he had avenged America.
From The West Indies and the Spanish Main by Rodway, James
