fight fire with fire

Etymology
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.

Verb

 * 1)  To respond to an attack with a similar or identical counter-attack (e.g. to respond to gunfire with reciprocal gunfire).

Translations

 * Amharic: እሳት ጋር እሳት ለመዋጋት
 * Bulgarian: клин клин изби́ва
 * Catalan: combatre el foc amb foc
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 以火攻火,
 * Danish: bekæmpe ild med ild
 * Dutch: vuur met vuur bestrijden
 * Finnish: panna kova kovaa vastaan, taistella tulella tulta vastaan
 * French: combattre le mal par le mal,
 * German: Feuer mit Feuer bekämpfen
 * Hindi: विरोधपूर्ण तरीका इस्तेमाल करना
 * Icelandic: berjast eld með eldi
 * Italian: combattere alla pari, combattere ad armi pari
 * Norwegian: bekjempe ild med ild
 * Portuguese: combater fogo com fogo
 * Romanian: a scoate cuiul cu cui, a răspunde la foc cu foc
 * Russian: клин кли́ном вышиба́ют
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: кли̏н се кли̏ном ѝзбӣја̄
 * Roman: klȉn se klȉnom ìzbījā
 * Spanish: combatir el fuego con fuego
 * Swedish: ont skall med ont fördrivas, sätta hårt mot hårt
 * Turkish: ateşe ateşle karşılık vermek
 * Urdu: مخالفت مکمل طریقہ استعمال کرنا
 * Vietnamese: lấy độc trị độc, dĩ độc trị độc