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Avenge


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To take vengeance for; to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
  • (v. t.) To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
  • (v. i.) To take vengeance.
  • (n.) Vengeance; revenge.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) For my money, Batman should be teamed up with the Burka Avenger .
  • (2) He admitted the increased profile afforded him by appearances in movies such as Captain America , its forthcoming sequel The Winter Soldier and 2012's $1.5bn superhero ensemble piece The Avengers had helped him get a foot on the ladder as a film-maker.
  • (3) Isis recently threatened to kill American hostages to avenge the crushing airstrikes in Iraq against militants advancing on Mount Sinjar and the Kurdish capital of Irbil.
  • (4) Last October, apparently to avenge charges of drift, the Culture Department launched its library services modernisation review in an avalanche of wonk-speak that suggested little understanding of what brilliant places libraries can be.
  • (5) As Gabrielle is at pains to point out, there was no unhappy childhood to avenge; no traumas to shove into the creative crucible.
  • (6) Some of the Shia militias taking part in the campaign have also said they want to avenge the infamous Camp Speicher massacre, one of the largest incidents of mass execution by Isis, when up to 1,700 Iraqi Shia army cadets were massacred last year.
  • (7) Click here to watch It has been reported elsewhere that Star Wars could be packaged in line with the studio's Marvel universe, which successfully delivered a series of comic book films focusing on individual superheroes before bringing them all together for the $1.5bn box office hit The Avengers earlier this year.
  • (8) Facebook Twitter Pinterest With a year of expensive sequels ahead (Avengers: Age of Ultron and Star Wars: The Force Awakens are both budgeted at more than $200m), it’s a vital time for a dramatic uplift in both US and international box office, which has seen a reduced rate of growth in the past three years.
  • (9) LG Assembly Hall, Edinburgh ( nationaltheatrescotland.com ), 17 September Electra Kristin Scott Thomas stars as Sophocles’s murderous heroine who joins with her brother, Orestes, to avenge their father’s death.
  • (10) Mosque attack – A man has been arrested after trying to drive a car into a crowd in front of a mosque in Paris, reportedly to avenge attacks linked to Isis that have killed dozens in Paris in recent years.
  • (11) Maybe instead of being assembled in different formations – such as the Marvel Avengers, or Superman and Batman – American superheroes could benefit from a sort of cultural exchange programme.
  • (12) "Apart from anything else, with Superman returning to a cinematic landscape that now also has that other god-alien Thor, not to mention Iron Man, Hulk – hell, all the Avengers – it wasn't a daft move to avoid any winks to his inherent absurdity," he writes.
  • (13) He duly obliged and the crowd was treated to the first look at Age of Ultron, starting with a witty interchange between the Avengers as each, enjoying a drink and dressed in civilian clothing, tries to lift Thor’s hammer.
  • (14) Jackson's comments led the adult star Catalina Cruz to call for a boycott of his movies , telling the Avengers actor that "these sites are stealing whole members' areas and have to potential to kill an industry."
  • (15) The Avengers, $392.5m Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Guardian Film Show discusses Jurassic World.
  • (16) Black Widow: girls and boys need more kick-ass female Avengers action figures Read more Rival studios made the wise decision to avoid putting new movies up against Disney-Marvel’s superhero epic, resulting in a complete absence of competing debutants in North America.
  • (17) The stated desire to avenge the massacre has also given rise to fears by locals from Tikrit that the militias may carry out retributive killings or summary executions.
  • (18) Watson was hoping to avenge his defeat but instead the world watched as Eubank caught Watson with a devastating uppercut in the 11th round.
  • (19) The attacks were “to avenge the bloodshed and to seek retribution from the killers”, a spokesman said.
  • (20) It appears the so-called "Avengers bounce" which helped Shane Black's film to a $1.2m haul, is still in place.

Bewreke


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To wreak; to avenge.

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