rɪ‘talɪeɪt■ verb make an attack in return for a similar attack.

retaliation noun
retaliative adjective
retaliator noun
retaliatory adjective

C17 (earlier (C16) as retaliation): from L. retaliat-, retaliare ‘return in kind’.

▶ verb FIGHT BACK, hit back, respond, react, reply, reciprocate, counter-attack, return like for like, get back at someone, give tit for tat, give someone a taste of their own medicine; have/get/take one’s revenge, be revenged, avenge oneself, take reprisals, get even, pay someone back; informal get one’s own back; archaic give someone a Roland for an Oliver.

v. враќа мило за драго, се осветува; одмаздува

Protivtuzba-Osvetiti Se

transitive verb : to repay (as an injury) in kind
intransitive verb : to return like for like especially : to get revenge
synonyms see RECIPROCATE
–re·tal·i·a·tion \ri-ˌta-lē-‘ā-shən, ˌrē-\ noun
–re·tal·i·a·tive \ri-‘ta-lē-ˌā-tiv\ adjective
–re·tal·ia·to·ry \-‘tal-yə–ˌtȯr-ē, –‘ta-lē-ə-\ adjective