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retaliate

/ retaliate /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
"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
"He wants to avenge the murder of his brother"
Kinds of:
get even get back
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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