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retaliated

VERB

get even with someone

Synonyms

STRONGEST

reciprocate

STRONG

get pay recompense repay requite retrospect return revenge revive settle

WEAK

even the score exact retribution get back at give and take make reprisal pay back return the compliment square accounts strike back take an eye for an eye take revenge turn the tables on turn upon wreak vengeance

Antonyms

STRONG

depart leave lose take

WEAK

forgive pardon sympathize

Example Sentences

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It dropped another 6% the following day, after China retaliated with tariffs of its own.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

Iran retaliated by targeting key infrastructure across the Middle East.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

Woodall claimed that her boss Bush had then retaliated against her because her complaint also implicated two senior managers in the team who were his close friends.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

However, many of the tariff rates were subsequently lowered, while few of America’s trading counterparts retaliated with an increase in their own duties.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

That evening, when I finally came back down to dinner, I retaliated in the only way I could.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides