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retaliate (verb)

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  • retaliate — ► VERB ▪ make an attack or assault in return for a similar attack. DERIVATIVES retaliation noun retaliative adjective retaliator noun retaliatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin retaliare return in kind …   English terms dictionary

  • retaliate — re·tal·i·ate /ri ta lē ˌāt/ vi at·ed, at·ing: to act in revenge re·tal·i·a·tion / ˌta lē ā shən/ n re·tal·i·a·tive / ta lē ˌā tiv/ adj re·tal·ia·to·ry / tal yə ˌtōr ē/ adj …   Law dictionary

  • retaliate — verb To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront. John replied to Peters insult with a verbal attack to retaliate for Peters acid remark earlier …   Wiktionary

  • retaliate — verb (I) to do something bad to someone because they have done something bad to you: retaliate by doing sth: When the police started to arrest people, some of the demonstrators retaliated by throwing stones …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • retaliate — verb the gang will look for an opportunity to retaliate Syn: fight back, hit back, respond, react, reply, reciprocate, counterattack, return like for like, get back at someone, give tit for tat, take reprisals, get even, get one s own back, pay… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • retaliate — verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Late Latin retaliatus, past participle of retaliare, from Latin re + talio legal retaliation Date: 1611 transitive verb to repay (as an injury) in kind intransitive verb to return like for like; especially to get… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • retaliate — verb Syn: fight back, hit back, respond, react, reply, reciprocate, counter attack, get back at someone, pay someone back; informal get one s own back …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • retaliate — UK [rɪˈtælɪeɪt] / US [rɪˈtælˌɪeɪt] verb [intransitive] Word forms retaliate : present tense I/you/we/they retaliate he/she/it retaliates present participle retaliating past tense retaliated past participle retaliated to do something harmful or… …   English dictionary

  • retaliate — re|tal|i|ate [ rı tæl,ieıt ] verb intransitive to do something harmful or unpleasant to someone because they have done something harmful or unpleasant to you: retaliate with: Militant students hurled firebombs and riot police retaliated with tear …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • retaliate — [[t]rɪtæ̱lieɪt[/t]] retaliates, retaliating, retaliated VERB If you retaliate when someone harms or annoys you, you do something which harms or annoys them in return. I was sorely tempted to retaliate... [V by ing] Christie retaliated by sending… …   English dictionary

  • retaliate — [c]/rəˈtælieɪt / (say ruh taleeayt) verb (retaliated, retaliating) –verb (i) 1. to return like for like, especially evil for evil or requital (especially for an injury); take reprisals: to retaliate for an injury. –verb (t) 2. to make return for… …  

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