1. (

• revenge ,
• avenge ,
• retaliate ,

) take revenge for a perceived wrong; "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother" ;

2. (

• retaliate ,
• strike_back ,

) make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil; "The Empire strikes back"; "The Giants struck back and won the opener"; "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing" ;