It sounds like she's already fighting dirty.
I think your two main options are 1) Suck it up, and B) Start a dialogue with your manager.
If you go with the first option, I don't have much else to suggest except to make sure you know where your happy place is.
If you go with the second option, talk to your manager immediately if not sooner, and have at least three situations to talk about where she was abusive or disrespectful. If you've written them down, that might be better.
Either way, I'd say under no circumstances should you yell back at her, much less take a swing at her. If you have a documented set of occasions where she's been unprofessional and her response is to get more unprofessional with you, it's quite likely that she'll edge herself out. Yes, starting to push back through management could backfire, but I think that's your only real remedy.
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