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What is the adjective for retaliate?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb retaliate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

retaliatory
  1. Relating to or part of a retaliation.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. revengeful, punitive, vengeful, avenging, reciprocal, reactive, retributive, tit-for-tat, spiteful, bitter, rancorous, maleficent, hateful, malefic, vindictive, resentful, acrimonious, unforgiving, implacable, relentless, grudge-bearing, out for revenge, punishing, malicious, malevolent, malignant, nasty, evil, mean, malign, baleful, cruel, venomous, poisonous, hurtful, unkind, catty, merciless, unrelenting, pitiless, grim, grudging, ruthless, wreakful, evil-intentioned, ill-disposed, ill-natured, full of spleen, mean-spirited, hostile … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He was permitted to ignore a question regarding a proposed remedy for his company's retaliatory tactics.”
      “The street fighters had no qualms about drawing retaliatory bombardments on civilian areas.”
      “At least one has even made explicit reference to the use of nuclear bombs, albeit as a retaliatory measure.”
retaliative
  1. retaliatory
  2. Synonyms:
      3. disciplinary, correctional, punitive, penal, corrective, penalising, penalizing, castigating, chastening, chastising, correcting, disciplining, retaliatory, punitory, punishing, ordered, vindictive, revengeful, in retaliation, in reprisal, retributive, castigatory, retributory, vindicatory, penitentiary, justificatory, defensive, vengeful, avenging, disciplinarian, reciprocal, castigative, reformatory, reactive, tit-for-tat, reformative … more
retaliated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of retaliate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. reciprocated, requited, avenged, redressed, revenged, counterattacked, reacted, venged, repaid, recompensed, countered, hit back, got even, gotten even, fought back, evened the score, returned like for like, gave as good as one gets, given as good as one gets, gave tit for tat, given tit for tat, paid back, took revenge, taken revenge, took reprisals, taken reprisals, gave someone their comeuppance, given someone their comeuppance, let someone see how it feels, paid out, payed out, returned fire, returned the compliment, struck back, stricken back, took an eye for an eye, taken an eye for an eye, got back at someone, got even with, avenged oneself, revenged oneself, got your own back, gotten your own back, exacted retribution, put up a fight, gave someone a taste of their own medicine, given someone a taste of their own medicine, got back at, gotten back at, settled accounts … more
retaliating
  1. present participle of retaliate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. reciprocating, requiting, avenging, redressing, revenging, counterattacking, reacting, venging, repaying, recompensing, countering, hitting back, getting even, fighting back, evening the score, returning like for like, giving as good as one gets, giving tit for tat, paying back, taking revenge, taking reprisals, giving someone their comeuppance, letting someone see how it feels, paying out, returning fire, returning the compliment, striking back, taking an eye for an eye, getting back at someone, getting even with, avenging oneself, revenging oneself, getting your own back, exacting retribution, putting up a fight, giving someone a taste of their own medicine, getting back at, settling accounts, giving someone a dose of their own medicine, settling the score, getting even for, exacting revenge, rising to the bait, wreaking revenge, turning the tables on, making reprisal, settling a score, giving someone a Roland for an Oliver, getting revenge, paying someone back in their own coin … more
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