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A hero who skipped therapy and went straight to vengeance.

means Someone who inflicts punishment or harm on behalf of a wrong done to themselves or another.

from From Old French 'avengier,' built on Latin 'vindicare' — to claim, vindicate, or avenge — the same root that gives us 'vindictive' and 'vindicate.' The 'a-' prefix is an intensifier, so the word literally pushes 'vindicate' toward action: not just proving the wrong, but settling it.

origin
from old french meaning to vindicate
marvel boost
word usage spiked hard after 1963 comic
legal cousin
vigilante, minus the spandex budget
motive
justice with a grudge attached
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