AVENGE

[verb] [T] - to do harm to or punish the person responsible for (something bad done to you or your family or friends) in order to achieve a fair situationShe killed her father to avenge her mother/her mother's suffering.Scotland's stunning victory avenged last year's humiliating defeat by Wales. [T]The cyclist avenged herself on the dangerous driver by reporting him to the police.At the end of the film, the murderer is killed by his victim's avenging girlfriend. [T]