avenge

Definition

  • verb: to harm or punish someone who has harmed you or someone or something that you care about
  • verb: to take vengeance for or on behalf of
  • synonyms: revenge, vengeance, vindicate

Examples

  • She vowed to 'avenge herself' [=to get revenge], saying she would make him pay for what he had done to her.

  • The team is out to 'avenge' last week's defeat. [=to defeat the team that they were defeated by last week]

  • They vowed to 'avenge' their father by capturing and punishing his killer.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - and he comes to me on his knees. - What? A lifetime? I did not have a lifetime. We only heard about Master Rhino a few days ago, - and we came to avenge him! - You've come to avenge nothing else? Well, yeah. All the pots and pans that you stole. - I'm gonna want those back. - Nothing else? (..)
    2011 Kung Fu Panda 2