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retaliate
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of RETALIATE
to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for <retaliated his neighbor's malicious destruction of his flower garden by cutting down the man's prize apple tree>
Related Words castigate, fix, get, penalize, punish, scourge; chasten, chastise, correct, discipline; right; compensate, pay (back), recompense, repay
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