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avenger

[uh-ven-jer] / əˈvɛn dʒər /
NOUN
someone taking vengeance
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In “Le Morte d’Arthur,” Thomas Malory brings an ancient world to life with the story of what happens when blind emotion overrides thought and vengeance becomes the ruin of the avenger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Constructed out of Japan’s postwar atomic-bomb trauma, the King of the Monsters has proven a remarkably malleable character, playing environmental protector or atomic avenger with equal aplomb.

From Scientific American • Nov. 3, 2023

He made a meager salary on the Indian TV show “Fauji,” but landed his cinematic debut within a year in the commercial hit “Deewana,” playing a ruthless avenger.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2023

“She was the outsider prosecutor, the avenger who was going to come in and bring about change,” Mr. Axelrod said.

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2023

Try as he would, Cluny could not evade the grim avenger with the sword.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques



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