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99%9Exact Match!
verb

• take revenge for a perceived wrong

• make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil

98%7Exact Match!
verb

• collide with the rear end of

97%5Exact Match!
verb

• show a response or a reaction to something

• act against or in opposition to

• undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions

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