as in avenged
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
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In April, after Israel killed senior Iranian commanders in Syria, Iran retaliated with its first-ever direct attack on Israel.
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Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
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“Retaliated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retaliated. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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