Competition

Synonyms for avenge

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · verb

The senseverbTier 2, TreelineCompetition

take revenge for a perceived wrong

He wants to avenge the murder of his brother.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

revenge

Same sentence, swapped: He wants to revenge the murder of his brother.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for avenge as it is used in the sentence above.

execute
discipline
scourge

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