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Example sentences for: avenge

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The impulse to avenge is human, and the opportunities for it are abundant at the end of a war, when law and authority evaporate.
Then, in 1684, to avenge countless raids against their ships, the Spanish dispatched a powerful squadron from Cuba to attack Nassau.
Are they seeking to avenge Mobutu's long support of rebellions in their countries?
Both relied on daddy's allies, outspent their opponents, and sought to avenge their fathers' political defeats.
Perhaps it also reflects an attempt to avenge Reagan's rout of the intellectual class.