Retaliating synonyms

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taking revenge
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getting back
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turning the tables
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getting-even
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paying off
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reciprocating
That moves backwards and forwards.
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avenging
To inflict a punishment or penalty in return for; revenge:
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revenging
To take revenge for (a particular harmful action), to avenge.
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settling
To clarify (a liquid) by causing the sediment to sink to the bottom
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returning
(Dated) To retort; to throw back.
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repaying
To give back, either in return or in compensation:
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countering
To meet or return (a blow) by another blow.
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retorting
To say in reply or response
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sympathizing (antonym)
Sympathize is defined as to share feelings or feel compassion or pity for someone.
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pardoning (antonym)
To forgive.
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attacking (related)
To apply violent force to someone or something.
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Find another word for retaliating. In this page you can discover 16 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for retaliating, like: taking revenge, getting back, turning the tables, getting-even, paying off, reciprocating, avenging, revenging, settling, returning and repaying.
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Retaliating Sentence Examples

  • A retaliating slap would have been less painful.

  • An opportunity of retaliating on the nobility was afforded him by the arrival (1 o 1) of ambassadors from Mithradates VI.

  • But henceforth there were two parties among the prophets of Yahweh themselves, the new prophets accusing the old of imposture and disloyalty to Yahweh, and these retaliating with charge of disloyalty to Israel.

  • He had always admitted the onesidedness of the English free-trade system, and had supported the desirability of retaliating against unfair competition and "dumping" by foreign countries.

  • At Greenwich next day he emphasized the necessity of retaliating against foreign tariffs - "I never like being hit without striking back."

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