Avenger
Avenger noun - One who inflicts punishment in return for an injury or offense.
Usage example: a novel about a man who becomes the obsessed avenger of his sister's death
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Synonyms for Avenger
Scourge and avenger are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scourge" instead a noun "Avenger".
Scourge
Scourge noun - One who inflicts punishment in return for an injury or offense.
Usage example: the attorney general, who just happens to be a candidate for governor, is a self-proclaimed scourge of organized crime
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The Scourge of God: The Stone-Like, but it's also pretty close to a Gaia's Avenger because after everyone else dies, Creator tells the player that not only is the Stone-Like the guardian of Earth, it is the Earth.
Source: Video Game / Radiant Silvergun
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