revenged

verb

past tense of revenge
as in avenged
to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for a man who took matters into his own hands and revenged the death of his brother

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  • Both teams are in a similar boat as SEC contenders that have avenged an early season conference loss.
    — PJ Green October 12, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Here are three takeaways from UCLA’s fifth win, which kept the Bruins among nine remaining undefeated Football Bowl Subdivision schools and avenged one of Chesney’s two losses last season when his magical run at James Madison ended against Oregon.
    — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
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“Revenged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revenged. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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