3
come-back
3
come back at(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, return)
3
countermeasure(noun, defense)
3
epigram(riposte, witticism, gibe)
3
flask(noun, receptacle, liquid)
3
gag(noun, response, joke, reply, jest)
3
get back at(verb, expression, idiom, get, settle)
3
gibe(noun, joke, jest, riposte, witticism)
3
give
3
guard(noun, verb, defend, defense)
3
hearth
3
lip(noun, feeling, return, sign, report)
3
reverberation(noun, feeling, hit, return, attitude)
3
safeguard(noun, verb, defend, defense)
3
screen(noun, verb, defend, defense)
3
shelter(noun, verb, defend, defense)
3
shield(noun, verb, defend, defense)
3
shoot back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, return, acknowledge)
3
snap(verb, speak, respond, bark, rejoin)
3
support(noun, verb, defend, defense)
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