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Present participle for to attack or fight back in response to an attack
Present participle for to exact revenge on someone
Present participle for to oppose or defend against something hostile
Present participle for to constrain the movement or progress of
Present participle for to respond or retaliate forcefully, counteracting or contradicting an action or statement
Present participle for to talk back or reply impertinently
Present participle for to struggle or fight back when attacked
Present participle for to make a quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism
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Present participle for to attack or fight back in response to an attack
counterattacking
responding
replying
reacting
rallying
riposting
striking back
returning fire
putting up a fight
retaliating
charging
challenging
reciprocating
counteracting
hitting back at
countering
counterworking
hitting back
parrying
“I couldn't let myself be attacked again. I had to
fight back
this time.”
Verb
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Present participle for to exact revenge on someone
retaliating
reciprocating
avenging
requiting
venging
revenging
evening the score
paying back
getting even
returning like for like
hitting back
giving someone their comeuppance
giving as good as one gets
giving tit for tat
letting someone see how it feels
exacting retribution
getting back at
revenging oneself
returning the compliment
getting back at someone
giving someone a taste of their own medicine
settling the score
giving someone a dose of their own medicine
exacting revenge
wreaking revenge
giving someone a Roland for an Oliver
serving out
avenging oneself
getting your own back
taking revenge
paying out
taking an eye for an eye
taking an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
giving someone their just deserts
getting even with
turning the tables on
settling accounts
taking reprisals
turning the tables
repaying
counterattacking
redressing
reacting
giving like for like
putting up a fight
exacting revenge on
making reprisal
taking revenge on
rising to the bait
returning fire
settling a score
wreaking revenge on
striking back
settling a score with
retaliating on
settling the score with
getting revenge
getting
paying someone back in their own coin
getting even for
retaliating against
taking vengeance on
taking reprisals against
taking vengeance
responding
taking the bait
replying
getting you back
fixing someone
returning tit for tat
sorting out
demanding an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
getting square
wreaking vengeance
recompensing
giving as good as you get
turning upon
squaring accounts
countering
paying back in spades
taking an eye for an eye for
getting redress for
settling with
giving comeuppance
getting satisfaction for
getting even with someone for
settling up
repaying in kind for
evening the score for
sticking it to
taking revenge for
retaliating for
exacting revenge for
making retaliation for
making reprisal for
giving just desserts
squaring things up
kicking back
recriminating
getting your own back for
paying someone back for
getting revenge on
getting your own back on
taking vengeance for
getting revenge for
fixing one's wagon
seeking payback for
hitting back for
taking reprisals for
vindicating
punishing
hitting back at
settling accounts with
squaring
getting someone
making somebody pay
more ❯
“It is this sacrifice of life that is often the most effective against the warlike nations of the world, for they naturally expect all to
fight back
in vengeance.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to oppose or defend against something hostile
repelling
rebutting
resisting
repulsing
opposing
countering
retaliating
defending
beating off
fighting off
fending off
warding off
staving off
turning away
defending yourself
turning back
defending against
putting up a fight
checking
driving back
driving away
forcing back
deterring
frustrating
seeing off
nixing
sending packing
beating back
keeping at bay
putting to flight
thrusting back
holding off
foiling
holding back
brushing off
setting back
keeping off
forcing away
deflecting
parrying
rebuffing
averting
keeping at arm's length
fencing
blocking
turning aside
holding at bay
protecting against
keeping away
guarding
preventing
screening
bulwarking
stopping
forfending
keeping
warding
fending
shielding against
safeguarding against
defending oneself against
chasing away
guarding against
protecting
shielding
safeguarding
securing
intercepting
obstructing
covering
sending away
knocking down
driving off
forcing off
standing off
bypassing
anticipating
discouraging
avoiding
shielding yourself from
keeping at a distance
heading off
standing up for
more ❯
“They combined their powers to
fight back
against the incoming swordsmen.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to constrain the movement or progress of
restraining
suppressing
stifling
repressing
checking
smothering
curbing
containing
controlling
swallowing
muffling
strangling
gagging
silencing
holding back
choking back
keeping back
reining in
keeping in check
keeping under control
bottling up
buttoning up
corking up
keeping the lid on
holding in
biting back
inhibiting
withholding
sinking
submerging
pocketing
concealing
bridling
hiding
gulping back
constraining
quenching
corking
keeping a lid on
restricting
frustrating
choking
squelching
biting one's lip
holding down
impeding
retarding
limiting
overcoming
suffocating
blocking
hindering
overpowering
moderating
holding
governing
quashing
quelling
taming
regulating
hushing up
simmering down
subduing
cooling
keeping in
killing
collecting
composing
snuffing
covering up
extinguishing
keeping a tight rein on
stemming the flow of
slowing down
muzzling
mastering
stopping
resisting
fighting
putting a lid on
deadening
keeping a rein on
holding in check
boxing up
keeping feeling inside oneself
keeping secret
shutting in
gulping
conquering
internalizing
US
shushing
bottling
internalising
UK
jamming up
keeping inside
keeping under wraps
blacking out
tying up
cooling off
disciplining
bringing to screeching halt
keeping
measuring
boxing in
keeping tight rein on
putting the brakes on
deterring
ruling
curtailing
entrammeling
cutting back
entrammelling
pegging
trammelling
fettering
putting a limit on
trammeling
keeping lid on
freezing
keeping within bounds
cooling down
barring
thwarting
obstructing
delaying
stemming
foiling
preventing
hampering
neutralizing
US
reining
pausing
terminating
interrupting
cutting short
reducing
bottlenecking
counteracting
staunching
braking
discouraging
repulsing
circumventing
checkmating
rebuffing
neutralising
UK
standing in the way of
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
putting a brake on
pulling in
interfering with
nipping in the bud
slackening pace
playing for time
bringing to a standstill
diminishing
lessening
decreasing
lowering
easing
tempering
abating
mitigating
toning down
softening
dampening
lightening
allaying
dulling
blunting
dropping
damping
calming
alleviating
weakening
cutting
arresting
minimizing
US
de-escalating
minimising
UK
tapering
damping down
cutting down
attenuating
ebbing
assuaging
stilling
contracting
muting
cushioning
mellowing
quieting
shrinking
downsizing
depreciating
taking the edge off
scaling down
decrementing
depressing
downscaling
slashing
relieving
soothing
mollifying
keeping down
halting
winding down
modulating
capping
dwindling
confining
tranquilizing
US
squashing
waning
easing off
tailing off
tranquillising
UK
delimiting
slackening
putting an end to
ending
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
palliating
putting a damper on
paring down
bringing down
suspending
ceasing
dialing down
declining
impairing
letting up
settling
eroding
trimming
relaxing
modifying
putting a stop to
taking the sting out
cracking down on
devaluating
fixing
clamping down on
circumscribing
petering out
drying up
stepping down
bringing to an end
dropping off
pacifying
making cutbacks in
straitening
deflating
finishing
placating
discontinuing
degrading
depleting
pruning
subsiding
clipping
qualifying
rationing
cutting off
paring
reining back
laying off
denting
dulcifying
rolling back
knocking down
taking the bite out
marking down
shutting down
wearing away
wearing down
putting the lid on
bringing to a stop
putting damper on
tapering off
running down
cutting back on
falling off
putting the kibosh on
slacking off
whittling down
licking
denying
lulling
adjusting
crushing
bounding
setting
constricting
gentling
undermining
censoring
sapping
decaying
benumbing
quietening
fading
degenerating
narrowing
drowning
slumping
keeping in line
numbing
quitting
setting limits on
imposing limits on
diluting
breaking
deteriorating
temperating
harshing
getting the better of
crumbling
minifying
remitting
concluding
snuffing out
couching
immobilizing
US
withering
putting down
immobilising
UK
drooping
putting half nelson on
axing
bringing under control
placing a limit on
downgrading
wasting
making less intense
getting under control
shriveling
US
evaporating
shrivelling
UK
slapping down
winding up
bringing to a halt
taking down
putting a ceiling on
cracking down
bringing to a close
calling a halt to
breaking off
trimming down
trimming back
adjourning
pulling the plug on
holding up
ratcheting down
phasing down
breaking up
dying down
narrowing down
calming down
losing edge
running low
knocking off
playing down
re-collecting
monitoring
managing
cornering
inspecting
recovering
rallying
interning
shaving
sating
baulking
UK
devitalizing
balking
US
prelimiting
slaking
abasing
appeasing
revising
detaining
retaining
gaining control over
gaining mastery over
shortening
buttressing
retrenching
mincing
setting a limit on
chillin
chilling
hog-tying
docking
keeping control of
absorbing
rounding down
keeping on a string
cauterizing
US
disempowering
helping
mothballing
lapsing
conciliating
comforting
hushing
sweetening
defusing
falling
receding
ameliorating
phasing out
icing
finishing off
cauterising
UK
refusing
holding off on
plummetting
plunging
relenting
plummeting
bating
slowing
satisfying
dumbing
making weaker
demarcating
getting rid of
soaking up
staying
clamming
throttling
bringing into line
laying down the law to someone
taking the bite out of
taking the sting out of
propitiating
slowing up
fixing up
making less active
making reasonable
closing
cooling out
meeting halfway
palling
taking sting out
patching things up
making reductions in
slimming down
retrenching on
cheapening
expiring
desisting
turning back
putting on ice
putting on hold
refusing to pay
scaling back
taking the heat off
deactivating
decimating
blurring
shutting up
putting paid to
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
draining away
dying away
growing smaller
growing less
becoming smaller
falling away
dying out
becoming less
doing for
putting the stopper on
stamping out
completing
dissolving
cramping
reconciling
abolishing
closing up
choking off
annulling
specifying
demarking
prescribing
discounting
delimitating
defining
girdling
rebating
draining
calling a halt
coming to an end
compromising
damaging
humbling
sitting on
pulling back
cutting down on
hemming in
tying down
cowing
undervaluing
petering
reclaiming
busting
keeping within limits
disrupting
keeping to a minimum
keeping at a minimum
cutting in price
devaluing
lowering in price
averting
drawing the line on
marking off
tailing away
clamping down
budgeting
conserving
quietening down
watering down
disturbing
infringing
deducting
making cheaper
lowering the price of
underselling
putting on sale
writing down
balming
getting a grip on
amortising
UK
extenuating
casting down
whittling
saving
making less
making smaller
tightening
amortizing
US
writing off
offering at a giveaway price
subtracting
rendering worthless
reducing the price of
taking tough action
coming down on
encroaching on
obviating
smoothing down
disgrading
limiting to a fixed amount
demeriting
driving down
restricting the consumption of
avoiding
stalling
intercepting
staving off
fending off
leaving off
desisting from
cutting out
heading off
warding off
blowing the whistle on
shutting off
putting a cork in
packing up
closing down
packing in
giving over
turning aside
defending against
holding off
more ❯
“This was one way to
fight back
against the incoming wave of pastoralism.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to respond or retaliate forcefully, counteracting or contradicting an action or statement
hitting back
controverting
reacting
responding
retaliating
countering
reacting to
responding to
retaliating against
getting back
getting even
striking back
defending oneself against
evening the score
striking back at
getting your own back
Verb
▲
Present participle for to talk back or reply impertinently
answering back
retorting
riposting
countering
arguing
cheeking
quibbling
reacting
responding
retaliating
contradicting
defying
sassing
arguing with
talking back
coming back
talking back to
mouthing off
responding cheekily to
answering defiantly
answering impertinently
disagreeing with
sassing back
wising off
coming back at
Verb
▲
Present participle for to struggle or fight back when attacked
resisting
fighting
combatting
combating
repelling
challenging
counterattacking
assailing
assaulting
attacking
battling
contesting
dueling
US
duelling
UK
battling against
struggling against
fighting against
holding off
struggling with
contending with
facing up to
fending off
standing up to
keeping at bay
putting up a fight against
remaining firm
standing firm
turning down
warding off
holding out against
putting up a fight
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make a quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism
riposting
replying
responding
retorting
answering
rejoining
returning
countering
retaliating
reciprocating
coming back
flinging back
hurling back
saying in response
snapping back
rounding on someone
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