Unlike the Israelis, who retaliate swiftly, the United States may rattle a saber or deploy an extra aircraft carrier.

Given such provocation, they retaliated swiftly.

The French retaliated swiftly and brutally, which only made matters worse.

Steinway swiftly retaliated by trucking away the concert grand Mr. Ohlsson was about to play.

However, his boombox loses power and the officers swiftly retaliate with deadly force, killing him immediately.

Mr. Khatami swiftly retaliated.

Mr. Khatami swiftly retaliated by appointing Mr. Nuri to be a Vice President.

I retaliated swiftly by grabbing a bottle of Planter's Peanuts, left over from the Carter administration, and returned fire, putting a hole in the wall.

Mr. Khatami swiftly retaliated by making Mr. Noori a Vice President.

And he did retaliate swiftly, brutally.