Synonyms for avenging

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uh-venj

Phonetic Transcription : əˈvɛndʒ

Top 10 synonyms for avenging

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Définition of avenging

Origin : late 14c., from Anglo-French avenger, Old French avengier, from a- "to" (see ad-) + vengier "take revenge" (Modern French venger), from Latin vindicare "to claim, avenge, punish" (see vindicate). Related: Avenged; avenging.

verb retaliate

Example sentences :

They passed on the 23d of March of 1832 years to the avenging of the death of Father Letrado.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

You think that you will do right in avenging your husband's death, is not that so?'
Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant

It must have seemed to him like the direct hand of avenging Providence.
Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln

In thought he followed his brother on that avenging visit of his to Arwenack.
Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini

Not when the avenging angel is so charming and so heartless!
Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham

Was it fancy, or the avenging spirit of their absent companions?
Extract from : « Snow-Bound at Eagle's » by Bret Harte

He did not know how a man felt when pursued by an avenging band.
Extract from : « Blazed Trail Stories » by Stewart Edward White

For a short time she flitted behind the cab like an avenging shadow.
Extract from : « Peggy Stewart at School » by Gabrielle E. Jackson

The creature she had borne had come home to die, and to her belonged his avenging.
Extract from : « A Book of Myths » by Jean Lang

The avenging crowd had already reached the foot of the mountain.
Extract from : « In Search of the Castaways » by Jules Verne

Antonyms for avenging

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