avenge
verb (used with object)
to take vengeance or exact satisfaction for.
have avenged
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present perfectof avenge.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The Golden Gophers could have avenged their only home loss, but with another strong defensive effort, the Terps replicated their success from the first game, earning the first of three straight Big Ten wins.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2021
Once bin Laden was killed, those who identify strongly as Americans experienced a clear sense that "we" have won, that "we" have avenged the humiliation wrought upon "us," that "we" have reasserted "our" ascendancy.
From Scientific American ● May 4, 2011
“He’s the only member of the royal family who can crown Balekin. Without Cardan, the throne will be forever lost, and we will have avenged Dain.”
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
O Helios, who didst give to me the wise and cunning heart, I have avenged me on Iason, even as once I avenged him on Pelias.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines
It is not his wrong he would have avenged; it is ours.
From The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables by Elizabeth Rundle Charles
