avenge

2 definitions • 4 examples

to do harm to or punish the person responsible for something bad done to you or your family or friends in order to achieve a fair situation:

He swore he would avenge his brother's death.

She determined to avenge herself on the killer.

At the end of the film, the murderer is killed by his victim's avenging girlfriend.

to get satisfaction by harming or punishing the person responsible for something bad done to you or your family or friends:

In the second half of the movie, they team up to avenge the wrongs done to them.