revenge
verb (used with object)
to exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of, especially in a resentful or vindictive spirit.
revenged
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past participleof revenge.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof revenge.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
revengeverb (used with object)to exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of, especially in a resentful or vindictive spirit.
Example Sentences
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I, like everyone else, have several times been a victim of harassment in the workplace but we must not throw out fairness in our determination to be revenged on such behavior.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2017
It went to his head and he soon became insufferable, alienating all his new literary "friends", who revenged themselves when he published his second novel, The Double.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 24, 2010
That day also he landed his heaviest catch to date, a 230-lb. shark, which revenged him somewhat on the Cocos shark tribe for stealing many fish off his hook.*
From Time Magazine Archive
By crushing the "Old Regulars," which had not lost a New Orleans election in 50 years, Senator Long revenged the organization's break with him last year, its defeat of his candidate for mayor in January.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hera revenged herself, but only after many years.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
