avenge
verb (used with object)
to take vengeance or exact satisfaction for.
is avenging
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present progressiveof avenge (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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This time, instead of rescuing a daughter, as he did in “Taken” — the bellwether of this beloved or at least unavoidable subgenre — Neeson is avenging a son.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2019
Rogers is reluctant to help, since his sole aim is avenging a betrayal by the Royal Court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2016
This fault has since taken the upperhand, and is avenging itself cruelly upon both of them.
From Tales of Two Countries by Archer, William
He is avenging on the people of Germany the laurels which Prince Eugene has earned in the service of the emperor, and which, but for him, would have redounded to the glory of France.
From Prince Eugene and His Times by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
But his long-suffering body is avenging upon the mind the neglect to which it has been submitted.
From The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series by Sabatini, Rafael
