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retaliate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb retaliate has 2 senses
- retaliate(v = verb.competition) avenge, revenge - take revenge for a perceived wrong; "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother" is one way to penalise, penalize, punish
- retaliate(v = verb.competition) strike back - make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil; "The Empire strikes back"; "The Giants struck back and won the opener"; "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing" is one way to hit, strike
Derived forms noun retaliation1, noun retaliator1, adjective retaliatory1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun retaliation1, adjective retaliatory1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
CIDE DICTIONARY
retaliate, v. t. [L. retaliatus, p. p. of retaliare to retaliate; pref. re- re- + a word akin to talio talion, retaliation. Cf. Talion.].
To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the same kind; to return evil for (evil). [Now seldom used except in a bad sense.] [1913 Webster]
"One ambassador sent word to the duke's son that his visit should be retaliated."
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"It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries of authors, whose works are so soon forgotten that we are in danger of appearing the first aggressors."
[1913 Webster]
retaliate, v. i.
To return like for like; specifically, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate upon an enemy. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
retaliate, v.
1 intr. repay an injury, insult, etc., in kind; attack in return; make reprisals.
2 tr. a (usu. foll. by upon) cast (an accusation) back upon a person. b repay (an injury or insult) in kind.
1 intr. repay an injury, insult, etc., in kind; attack in return; make reprisals.
2 tr. a (usu. foll. by upon) cast (an accusation) back upon a person. b repay (an injury or insult) in kind.
Derivative
retaliation n. retaliative adj. retaliator n. retaliatory adj.
Etymology
L retaliare (as RE-, talis such)
THESAURUS
retaliate
alternate, atone, avenge, bandy, be quits with, change, come back at, commute, compensate, cooperate, counter, counterchange, cover, do penance, even the score, exchange, expiate, fill up, get back at, get even with, give, give and take, give in exchange, give in return, hit back at, indemnify, interchange, launch a vendetta, logroll, make amends, make compensation, make good, make up for, pay back, permute, reciprocate, recompense, rectify, repay, requite, respond, retort, return, return the compliment, revenge, set right, strike back, swap, switch, take revenge, trade, transposeROGET THESAURUS
retaliate
Retaliation
VB retaliate, retort, turn upon, pay, pay off, pay back, pay in one's own coin, pay in the same coin, cap, reciprocate, turn the tables upon, return the compliment, give a quid pro quo, give as much as one takes, give as good as one gets, give and take, exchange fisticuffs, be quits, be even with, pay off old scores, serve one right, be hoist on one's own petard, throw a stone in one's own garden, catch a Tartar.Interchange
VB interchange, exchange, counterchange, bandy, transpose, shuffle, change bands, swap, permute, reciprocate, commute, give and take, return the compliment, play at puss in the corner, play at battledore and shuttlecock, retaliate, requite, rearrange, recombine.
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