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retaliate

/ retaliate /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
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"
Type of:
strike hit
Derived:
retaliation revenge
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 2
take revenge for a perceived wrong
"He wants to avenge the murder of his brother"
Type of:
punish penalize penalise
Kinds of:
get even get back
Derived:
retaliation revenge avenger retaliator
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
46%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
13
Times Searched
1
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strike hit punish penalize penalise get even get back