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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Recent Examples of retaliated
Hezbollah began cross-border drone and missile attacks a day after the Hamas attack, and Israel frequently retaliated.
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Mike Brest, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Jan. 2025
Vinicius retaliated by pushing him in the throat and Dimitrievski fell to the ground.
—Guillermo Rai, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Then, after laying down a drag bunt along the first base line, Randle retaliated, deliberately running off the base path to knock Wilcox down, sparking a brawl.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Instead, Russia retaliated with a large-scale aerial attack, firing 93 missiles and almost 200 drones at Ukraine’s energy sector.
—Kim Barker, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
The husband suggested her friend should help with the bill, and the wife retaliated by calling him heartless and petty.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Brown retaliated with a small knife from an art project.
—Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
China has retaliated by banning the export of strategically important metalloids like germanium.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Females retaliated by throwing powerful kicks, but often end up being trapped in burrows by the males for copulation.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Mike Brest, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Jan. 2025
Vinicius retaliated by pushing him in the throat and Dimitrievski fell to the ground.
—Guillermo Rai, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Then, after laying down a drag bunt along the first base line, Randle retaliated, deliberately running off the base path to knock Wilcox down, sparking a brawl.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Instead, Russia retaliated with a large-scale aerial attack, firing 93 missiles and almost 200 drones at Ukraine’s energy sector.
—Kim Barker, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
The husband suggested her friend should help with the bill, and the wife retaliated by calling him heartless and petty.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Brown retaliated with a small knife from an art project.
—Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
China has retaliated by banning the export of strategically important metalloids like germanium.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Females retaliated by throwing powerful kicks, but often end up being trapped in burrows by the males for copulation.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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