retaliate
[verb]
Synonyms: pay (someone) back, get even with (informal), get one's own back (informal), hit back, reciprocate, strike back, take revenge

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Related Idioms: even the score, get back at, get even with, give in kind, give one a dose of his own medicine, give one tit for tat, pay one in his own coin, settle (or square) accounts, turn the tables on
Related Words: avenge, revenge

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re‧tal‧i‧ate /rɪˈtælieɪt/ verb [intransitive]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Late Latin; Origin: past participle of retaliare, from talio 'suitable punishment']
to do something bad to someone because they have done something bad to you ⇒ hit back
retaliate by doing something
The British government retaliated by breaking off diplomatic relations.
retaliate against
The army began to retaliate against the civilian population.

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