What type of word is avenge is it a positive or destructive word?
The word 'avenge' is a verb (avenge, avenges, avenging, avenged) which means to inflict harm in return for an injury or wrong done to oneself or another (real or imagined).The word itself, 'avenge' has no positive or negative, no destructive or nurturing power of its own. The act 'to inflict harm' is a negative thing, a destructive thing.