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Retaliate

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Verb

1. avenge, retaliate, revenge

take revenge for a perceived wrong

Example Sentences:
'He wants to avenge the murder of his brother'

2. retaliate, strike back

make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil

Example Sentences:
'The Empire strikes back'
'The Giants struck back and won the opener'
'The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Retaliate

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verb
1. (intransitive)
to take retributory action, esp by returning some injury or wrong in kind
2. (intransitive)
to cast (an accusation) back upon a person
3. (transitive) rare
to avenge (an injury, wrong, etc)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Retaliate

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verb intransitiveWord forms: reˈtaliˌated or reˈtaliˌating
1. 
to return like for like; esp., to return evil for evil; pay back injury for injury
verb transitive
2. 
to return an injury, wrong, etc. for (an injury, wrong, etc. given); requite in kind

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Retaliate

see synonyms of retaliate
v. re·tal·i·at·ed, re·tal·i·at·ing, re·tal·i·ates
v.intr.
To do something in response to an action done to oneself or an associate, especially to attack or injure someone as a response to a hurtful action.
v.tr.
To pay back (an injury) in kind.

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