Synonyms:
reprisal
Meaning: a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime
Usage examples
The Hans are sure to launch reprisal expeditions. If we're to save the race we must keep them away from our camps and plants.
Thus, unchronicled amid the battles and the sieges, there broke out another war, a war of individuals, with foul murder upon the one side and brutal reprisal on the other.