Related Words for retaliation

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Word	Syllables	Categories
revenge	x/	Noun, Noun
reprisal	x/x	Noun
retribution	xx/x	Noun
harassment	x/x	Noun
intimidation	xxx/x	Noun
punishment	/xx	Noun
discrimination	xxx/x	Noun
provocation	xx/x	Noun
hostility	x/xx	Noun
vengeance	/x	Noun
assault	x/	Noun
attack	x/	Noun
violence	/xx	Noun
persecution	xx/x	Noun
humiliation	xxx/x	Noun
extortion	x/x	Noun
bullying	/xx	Noun
insubordination	xxxx/x	Noun
grievance	/x	Noun
vindictiveness	x/xx	Noun
confrontation	xx/x	Noun
disloyalty	x/xx	Noun
aggression	x/x	Noun
recrimination	xxx/x	Noun
hatred	/x	Noun
wrongdoing	/xx	Noun
taunting	/x	Verb
misconduct	x/x	Noun
defamation	xx/x	Noun
denunciation	xxx/x	Noun
wrath	/	Noun
fearing	/x	Verb
backlash	/x	Noun
animosity	xx/xx	Noun
expulsion	x/x	Noun
betrayal	x/x	Noun
blackmail	/x	Noun
mistreatment	x/x	Noun
condemnation	xx/x	Noun
suppression	x/x	Noun
accusation	xx/x	Noun
inciting	x/x	Verb
theft	/	Noun
protest	/x	Noun
prosecution	xx/x	Noun
resentment	x/x	Noun
kidnapping	/xx	Noun
oppression	x/x	Noun
sabotage	/xx	Noun
bombing	/x	Noun
denigration	/xxx	Noun
ostracism	/xxx	Noun
assassination	xxx/x	Noun
threat	/	Noun
dismissal	x/x	Noun
punishing	/xx	Verb
subjugation	/x/x	Noun
cruelty	/x	Noun
banishment	/xx	Noun
disobedience	xx/xx	Noun
invasion	x/x	Noun
escalation	xx/x	Noun
misbehavior	xx/x	Noun
infliction	x/x	Noun
robbery	/xx	Noun
sanction	/x	Noun
enmity	/xx	Noun
anger	/x	Noun
perfidy	/xx	Noun
destruction	x/x	Noun
threatening	/xx	Adjective
preemptive	x/x	Adjective
boycotts	/x	Noun
defiance	x/x	Noun
reprimand	/xx	Noun
killing	/x	Noun
disparagement	x/xx	Noun
wrongful	/x	Adjective
bigotry	/xx	Noun
counterattack	/xxx	Noun
stigmatization	/xx/x	Noun
massacre	/xx	Noun
outrage	/x	Noun
abuse	x/	Noun
firing	/x	Noun
malfeasance	x/x	Noun
lynching	/x	Noun
insolence	/xx	Noun
slander	/x	Noun
viciousness	/xx	Noun
vendetta	x/x	Noun
mayhem	/x	Noun
offense	x/	Noun
injustice	x/x	Noun
brutality	x/xx	Noun
nemesis	/xx	Noun
terrorism	/xxx	Noun
corporal punishment	/xx/xx	Phrase, Noun
injury	/xx	Noun
parry	/x	Noun
trouble	/x	Noun
battery	/xx	Noun
justice	/x	Noun
hardball	/x	Noun
defense	x/	Noun
weapon	/x	Noun
revolt	x/	Noun
menacing	/xx	Adjective
malice in fact	/xx/	Phrase, Noun
reply	x/	Noun
battered woman syndrome	/x/x/x	Phrase, Noun
rebuttal	x/x	Noun
stroke	/	Noun
tort	/	Noun
depredation	xx/x	Noun
whistleblowers	/xxx	Noun
massive	/x	Adjective
provoking	x/x	Verb, Adjective
blowers	/x	Noun
bayard	/x	Name
preemption	x/x	Noun
deterrence	x/x	Noun
shelling	/x	Noun
devastating	/xxx	Verb
raids	/	Verb
reciprocity	xx/xx	Noun
answer	/x	Noun, Verb
coercion	x/x	Noun
countermeasures	/xxx	Noun
espionage	/xxx	Noun
intervention	xx/x	Noun
payback	/x	Noun, Verb
questioning	/xx	Noun, Adjective
reaction	x/x	Noun
repression	x/x	Noun
respond	x/	Verb, Noun
response	x/	Noun
restitution	xx/x	Noun
riposte	x/	Noun, Verb
victimization	xxx/x	Noun
wartime	/x	Noun
wreak	/	Verb, Noun
breakeven	/xx	Verb, Noun, Adjective
save	/	Verb, Noun
get	/	Verb, Noun
die	/	Verb, Noun, Adverb
tell	/	Verb, Noun
off	/	Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
milestone	/x	Noun, Verb
bulletproof	/xx	Adjective, Noun, Verb
no	/	Noun, Adverb, Verb, Adjective
fall	/	Verb, Noun