RETALIATING Synonyms

• table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted

• game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games

• a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens

• a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers

• a person who counts things

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)

• a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot

• a return punch (especially by a boxer)

• in the opposite direction

• indicating opposition or resistance

• speak in response

• act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

• opposing or neutralizing or mitigating an effect by contrary action

• a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime

• containing or using responses; alternating

• readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion

• reacting to a stimulus

• of or relating to or having the nature of retribution

• of or relating to or having the nature of retribution

• disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge

• the physical coming together of two or more things

• the act of contacting one thing with another

• sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect

• having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

• the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life

• disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge

• showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite

• To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.

• To take vengeance.

• To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.

• The act by which somebody is avenged.

• act in opposition to

• oppose or check by a counteraction

• oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions

• destroy property or hinder normal operations

• act, feel, or give mutually or in return

• alternate the direction of motion of

• take revenge for a perceived wrong

• make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil