retaliator
Definition
- Noun:
- Someone who takes vengeance: A person who responds to an injury, offense, or harmful action by inflicting a corresponding harm in return. A retaliator seeks to repay a wrong with a similar wrong.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The company was known as a fierce retaliator against patent infringement.
- He was not merely a victim but became a retaliator, seeking his own form of justice.
- In the cycle of violence, each retaliator fuels the conflict further.
Advanced Usage
- "Acting as a retaliator": Describing the state or action of engaging in retaliation.
- By firing back immediately, he was acting as a retaliator rather than seeking diplomatic solutions.
Variants and Related Words
- Retaliate (verb): To make an attack or assault in return for a similar attack.
- The nation vowed to retaliate with force.
- Retaliation (noun): The action of returning a military attack; counterattack.
- The attack was feared to provoke severe retaliation.
- Retaliatory (adjective): Characterized by a desire for retaliation.
- The government imposed retaliatory tariffs.
Synonyms
- Avenger: One who inflicts harm in return for a wrong.
- Vengeance-seeker: One who pursues retribution.
- Punisher: One who imposes a penalty for an offense.
Related Phrases
- "An eye for an eye": An idiom describing the principle of retaliation where the punishment corresponds in kind and degree to the offense.
- He believed in the philosophy of "an eye for an eye," which made him a natural retaliator.
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someone who takes vengeance
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