Kick
Response
Response noun - Action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Also a common response to a Groin Attack when in a pressure situation; In the right circumstances, you won't realize you have been hit there by a kick hard until some time has passed.
Source: You Are Already Dead -
Kick the Dog: Barbarocious killing Elysia, and then Komodo killing Barbarocious in response to that.
Source: Film / Warriors of Virtue -
I will remember the Japanese response to uncomfortable situations is to giggle, not a kick in the kiwis. 1723.
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