retaliate

If the plan led Moscow to retaliate against Hungarian companies, Orban said, it would be difficult to explain to Hungarians "why they should support the confiscation of frozen Russian assets".

Bessent maintained that Washington would "rather not" take substantial actions to retaliate against China, expecting that more talks with Beijing will be forthcoming this week.

China not only retaliated, but amplified the crisis.

Iran retaliated with missile and drone attacks that killed retaliated with missile and drone attacks on Israel that killed dozens of people there.

Iran retaliated with missile and drone attacks that killed dozens in Israel.