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retaliate
verb as in get even with someone
Strongest match
Example Sentences
Analysts described the move as “economic brinkmanship,” noting that China could retaliate by targeting U.S. exports or restricting access to key materials even further.
However, the Geneva-based dispute resolution body expects exports and imports of goods to grow at a slower pace in 2026 as the tariff rises implemented by the U.S. and in retaliating countries take full effect.
Holz: The industry might retaliate in a more proactive way with a different presidential figure, but no political party seems pro the drug industry.
Israel remains implacably opposed and has threatened to retaliate through formal annexation of parts or all of the West Bank.
On Friday, a United Nations report warned of the "increasing ethnicisation of the conflict," saying both sides were retaliating against people accused of collaborating with opposing parties.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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