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Definitions of avenge
  1. verb
    take revenge for a perceived wrong
    "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother"

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  • hamlet the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father
  • tyrannosaurus large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America
  • electra (Greek mythology) the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; persuaded her brother (Orestes) to avenge Agamemnon's death by helping her to kill Clytemnestra and her lover (Aegisthus)
  • vidar (Norse mythology) one of the Aesir; son of Odin; avenges his parent by slaying Fenrir at Ragnarok
  • vali (Norse mythology) one of the Aesir and avenger of Balder; son of Odin
  • orestes (Greek mythology) the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; his sister Electra persuaded him to avenge Agamemnon's death by killing Clytemnestra and Aegisthus
  • tyrannosaur large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America
  • tyrannosaurus rex large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America
  • glutathione peroxidase an enzyme in the body that is a powerful scavenger of free radicals
  • gunpowder plot a conspiracy in 1605 in England to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament to avenge the persecution of Catholics in England; led by Guy Fawkes
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