Synonyms of retaliated

retaliated

verb

past tense of retaliate

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• avenged
• revenged
• punished
• redressed
• requited
• got even (for)
• penalized
• venged
• chastised
• castigated
• disciplined
• repaid
• corrected
• scourged
• chastened
• compensated
• paid (back)
• righted
• got
• fixed
• recompensed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• excused
• remitted
• pardoned
• forgave
• condoned
• absolved

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of retaliated

Murray alleges the school retaliated against Newman for reporting his concerns. — Tori Mason, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026

Iran has retaliated against targets across the Middle East, including a pumping station on Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline, and has used attacks on commercial shipping to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz. — Steven John, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026

Prosecutors allege King then retaliated against Saulter by placing him on administrative leave and later firing him. — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2026

California retaliated with its own gerrymandering in an effort to flip five seats held by Republicans to counter the effort to redraw five seats in Texas. — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026

Clement argued the president violated the First Amendment rights of the law firm and had unlawfully retaliated against them. — Carrie Johnson, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026

Canada retaliated with its own set of near-analogous duties on more than $20 billion in American goods in early September. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026

The rebel group retaliated by declaring the truce dead and announced a naval blockade on Saudi ships. — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026

Clarke hit MacKinnon along the boards, and the latter retaliated with a stick to the defenseman’s shin. — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2026