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avenging

verb

Meaning

  1. To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
  2. To take vengeance.
  3. To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
  4. The act by which somebody is avenged.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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