| pacification | |
| counterstroke(ruthlessness, avengment) | |
| revenge(noun, grievance, retaliation, vengeance, ruthlessness) | |
| warfare(noun, conflict, combat, war, fighting) | |
| appeasement | |
| armed conflict(noun, expression, conflict, discord, combat) | |
| armed struggle(noun, expression, conflict, discord, combat) | |
| arms(noun, conflict, discord, combat, battle) | |
| avenging(noun, attack, grievance, retaliation, vengeance) | |
| avengment(noun, attack, grievance, retaliation, revenge) | |
| backfire | |
| blows(noun, conflict, discord, combat, battle) | |
| campaigning(noun, conflict, discord, combat, battle) | |
| clash(noun, conflict, discord, combat, battle) | |
| comeback | |
| competition(noun, conflict, discord, combat, battle) | |
| contest(noun, conflict, discord, combat, battle) | |
| counterattack | |
| counterblow(noun, attack, grievance, retaliation, vengeance) | |
| countermeasure |
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