AVENGED Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

avenged

verb

past tense of avenge

as in revenged

to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for a play about a prince who struggles to avenge his father's death

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Recent Examples of avenged Martinez avenged that play with a 9-yard touchdown scramble of his own in the fourth quarter, followed by a 17-yard scoring strike to Watkins for a 41-9 lead. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026 Kansas avenged the Duke loss with a 66-59 win in the 1988 NCAA Final Four semifinals in Kansas City. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026 In gender, Columbus' men avenged an earlier season loss and cruised to an 11-6 win to sweep gender doubles. — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 Egor Demin scored 22 points to lead six players in double figures for the Nets (2-1), who avenged a 79-76 loss to the Kings on Day 1 of the California Classic in Sacramento. — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026 The win avenged Scotland's 33-24 loss to Argentina in Edinburgh in the autumn. — ABC News, 4 July 2026 The Trevians were eliminated by Lane Tech in the sectional final last season but avenged that loss in the sectional semifinals this season. — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026 The Dream drop to 4-2 on the season while Minnesota avenged their home opener loss and improved to 5-2. — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 28 May 2026 The Thomasville boys avenged their 2025 state championship loss to Armuchee with a 1-0 victory at Upson-Lee’s Matthews Field. — Jack Leo, AJC.com, 15 May 2026

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Iran retaliated immediately by attacking American bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Iraq on a scale not seen since the Vietnam War.

— Justin Fishel, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
The government illegally retaliated against Anthropic by designating it a supply-chain risk to national security, said yesterday’s ruling by Judge Rita Lin in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026

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The Brewers eventually turned to first baseman Andrew Vaughn to pitch for the final two innings, and the Cubs punished him, knocking in seven runs, including three home runs.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
In Brussels’ view, those weaknesses create a direct risk that EU funds can be misused without such abuse being properly detected or punished.

— Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2026

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