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[ uh-ven-jer ] / əˈvɛn dʒər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR avenger ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person who takes revenge for an offense: They feel that by engaging in terrorism they become the avengers of a great wrong done to their people. a person who takes revenge on behalf of someone else:In the film, Zorro sees himself as the avenger of the innocent. Origin of avengeraveng(e) + -er1 Words nearby avengeravel, Avellaneda, Ave Maria, avenaceous, avenge, avenger, avens, aventail, Aventine, aventurine, Aventyl Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for avengerBut the avenger is held to a standard of precision in the retaliation he seeks. Numbers Don’t Tell the Mideast Story|Thane Rosenbaum|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST Then Reagan hit the scene and became their avenger against affirmative action and so on, and the rest you know. Class Consciousness Still Makes a Difference|Michael Tomasky|June 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST Chris Evans endured months of nausea-inducing workouts to bulk up for Captain America: The First Avenger. Invasion of the Bodybuilders|Chris Lee|June 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST And above the condemned sinner towered the form of the avenger of sin—the headsman. The Day of Wrath|Maurus Jkai
He paints the scene as an artist, not as the passionate fellow-sufferer and avenger that he is. Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine|Heinrich Heine He was, evidently, his own judge and his own avenger in every question. Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft There was room in his soul for no emotion but the rage of the avenger. Hoof and Claw|Charles G. D. Roberts Knowing full well that the Avenger is in close pursuit, he hurries on with unabated ardor. The Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of Jesus|John Ross Macduff
Words related to avengernemesis, retaliator, vindicator |