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avenge
Overview of verb avenge
The verb avenge has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) revenge, avenge, retaliate -- (take revenge for a perceived wrong; "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother")
Grep of noun avenge
avenger
Antonyms of verb avenge
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb avenge
1 sense of avenge
Sense 1
revenge, avenge, retaliate
=> punish, penalize, penalise
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb avenge
1 sense of avenge
Sense 1
revenge, avenge, retaliate
=> get even, get back
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb avenge
1 sense of avenge
Sense 1
revenge, avenge, retaliate
=> punish, penalize, penalise
'Cause To' of verb avenge
Derived Forms of verb avenge
1 sense of avenge
Sense 1
revenge, avenge, retaliate
RELATED TO>(noun) avenger#1
=> avenger, retaliator
Domain of verb avenge
Domain Terms of verb avenge
Familiarity of verb avenge
avenge used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb avenge
1 sense of avenge
Sense 1
revenge, avenge, retaliate
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb avenge
1 sense of avenge
Sense 1
revenge, avenge, retaliate
> punish, penalize, penalise
=> revenge, avenge, retaliate
=> tar-and-feather
=> execute, put to death
=> pillory
=> castigate
=> amerce
=> victimize, victimise
=> scourge
=> discipline, correct, sort out
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb avenge
Sense 1
revenge, avenge, retaliate
=> punish, penalize, penalise
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Grep of verb avenge
avenge
scavenge
Grep of adj avenge
avenged
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