fight fire with fire

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Either from the practice of starting back fires to prevent the uncontrolled spread of wildfires, or from gunfire which is fought by firing back at the enemy.

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Amharic: እሳት ጋር እሳት ለመዋጋት (ʾəsat gar ʾəsat lämäwagat) — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• Bulgarian: клин клин изби́ва (klin klin izbíva) — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• Catalan: combatre el foc amb foc — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• Chinese Mandarin: 以毒攻毒 (yǐdúgōngdú) — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• Danish: bekæmpe ild med ild — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• Dutch: vuur met vuur bestrijden — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• Finnish: panna kova kovaa vastaan — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• Finnish: taistella tulella tulta vastaan — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• French: combattre le mal par le mal — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• French: combattre le feu par le feu — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• German: Feuer mit Feuer bekämpfen — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• Hindi: विरोधपूर्ण तरीका इस्तेमाल करना (virodhpūrṇ tarīkā istemāl karnā) — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• Icelandic: berjast eld með eldi — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• Italian: combattere alla pari — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• Italian: combattere ad armi pari — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• Norwegian: bekjempe ild med ild — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• Polish: wybijać klin klinem — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• Polish: wybić klin klinem — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• Portuguese: combater fogo com fogo — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• Romanian: a scoate cuiul cu cui — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• Romanian: a răspunde la foc cu foc — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• Serbo-Croatian: кли̏н се кли̏ном ѝзбӣја̄ — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• Serbo-Croatian: klȉn se klȉnom ìzbījā — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• Spanish: combatir el fuego con fuego — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• Swedish: ont skall med ont fördrivas — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• Swedish: sätta hårt mot hårt — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• Turkish: ateşe ateşle karşılık vermek — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• Urdu: مخالفت مکمل طریقہ استعمال کرنا (muxālifat mukamil tarīqā istemāl karnā) — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• Vietnamese: lấy độc trị độc — respond to an attack with a counter-attack
• Vietnamese: dĩ độc trị độc — respond to an attack with a counter-attack