counterretaliation
noun
coun·ter·re·tal·i·a·tion ˌkau̇n-tər-ri-ˌta-lē-ˈā-shən 
-ˌrē-
variants or counter-retaliation
plural counterretaliations or counter-retaliations
: an act of retaliating against a previous retaliatory act
… provoke retaliatory strikes that are promptly followed by counterretaliation.
Robert Lekachman
Robert Lekachman
Word History
First Known Use
1813, in the meaning defined above
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