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retaliate English

Meaning retaliate meaning

What does retaliate mean?
Definitions in simple English

retaliate Verb

— To retaliate is to do something negative as an answer to someone who has hurt you.

retaliate

— verb (= 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 — verb (= revenge, avenge) take revenge for a perceived wrong He wants to avenge the murder of his brother

Synonyms retaliate synonyms

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retaliate English » English

avenge revenge requite take vengeance take revenge strike back repay pay back counterattack reciprocate take vengeance on pay out get even vindicate take reprisals return respond render recompense hit back get revenge get even with get back counter answer try take steps against strike again reward revenge oneself return a blow retribute resist reprise reply replace repay a favour repair remedy recoil upon react oppose make a counterattack get one’s own back get one's own back get back at someone get do again countercharge counteract

Topics retaliate topics

What do people use retaliate to talk about?
Social behavior Conflict Fight

Attack
Social behavior Conflict Fight

Revenge

Conjugation retaliate conjugation

How do you conjugate retaliate?

retaliate · verb

Examples retaliate examples

How do I use retaliate in a sentence?

Simple sentences

How can you be so passive? Why don't you retaliate?
He might retaliate.

Movie subtitles

Stop, stop, if you don't want me to retaliate by reciting all the tributary branches of the Amazon.
Even Bunkichi's dead. Who's left to retaliate?
Then we retaliate, and we're all finished.
As an excuse to retaliate.
If the Russians or anyone else attacked Britain with nuclear weapons would you want us to retaliate by destroying an equal number of Russian cities?
But I suppose we should have to retaliate.
Well, if the Poles, the Jews try to retaliate.
Oh, yes. And we will retaliate immediately.
You, of course, will want to retaliate.
If he killed us in front of you, you'd retaliate.
Do that and I shall retaliate.
They want you to retaliate.
To retaliate, you have to murder four innocent men.
We must retaliate.
But if you look for it, I will retaliate.
We shouldn't be too hasty to retaliate when someone treats us ill.
Since they couldn't verify it, wouldn't Washington have to retaliate against the Russians or the Chinese before they dealt with us?
Because if he killed us outright, in front of you, you'd retaliate.
See if you can bypass him. - Do that and I shall retaliate.
Fine, we can't sit still. Let's retaliate!
I tried to get them to go attack the Aozora clan to retaliate, but that bitch wouldn't agree.
You we're too quick to retaliate. You accused him suddenly.
I said ask you're question, that he was tired. that you shouldn't retaliate, but you were like furies.
People think the British are always sort of. forgiving and forgetting and. I think we'd have to retaliate.
And we will retaliate immediately.
Why trick me? Because if he killed us outright, in front of you, you'd retaliate.
Would you retaliate?
My father was quick to retaliate.
For our own peace of mind, we have to retaliate in some way, and I think Dr. Ruth's suggestion is a very interesting one.
If they attack, we retaliate.
I wanted to retaliate.
Gentlemen, if any ships or aircraft approach within 100 miles we will kill the crew and retaliate using the ship's arsenal.
Don Alfonso was humiliated that he had been cuckolded by a 16-year old boy. so to retaliate, he announced publicly. that he and my mother had been having an affair for many years.

News and current affairs

Once he is attacked by the US, he may use it against Israel, which will retaliate.
But Iran has resources that Cambodia and Laos could never muster; indeed, its ability to retaliate could set the entire region ablaze.
Moreover, Iran could well retaliate immediately against targets that could include Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other US interests worldwide - as well as sites on American territory.
The immediate cause was believed to have been Israel's stunning success in the Yom Kippur War, which led Arab oil producers to retaliate by choking off output.
The risk is that those countries that suffer from the switch retaliate and depreciate their own currencies.
Other central banks have not expressed any view, which may suggest that they do not intend to retaliate, at least at this stage.
Trade often trumps human rights and governments, especially in Europe, are often loath to jeopardize lucrative contacts when governments that violate human rights retaliate at being criticized.
How can you retaliate when there is no return address?
Salafis have threatened to retaliate against Hamas, particularly the security brigades that led the counter-attack on the mosque.
But, from the perspective of Iran's leadership, the taunting has tactical value to the extent that it reinforces the view among the Israeli public that Iran is a dangerous enemy, willing to retaliate fiercely.
Not knowing where the enemy is hidden within the civilian population, security forces retaliate indiscriminately.
Israel will feel free to retaliate for cross-border attacks and continuing rocket fire at civilian targets within the country.
Instead, it could be expected to retaliate by attacking US forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, unleashing terrorist attacks throughout the region and the world, and interrupting the flow of tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
WASHINGTON, D.C.: For half a century, nuclear war was avoided thanks to deterrence and the notion that striking first held little attraction because the other party could and would retaliate with devastating consequences.
Initially, the attacks unleashed a strong desire to retaliate, which later gave way to caution about intervention, owing to unforeseen consequences.
But it makes an enormous practical difference that an incumbent ruler can do a lot more future damage to his people than an ex-ruler, and therefore should be given no incentive to retaliate.
For the first time, the US pledges not to retaliate with a nuclear strike even if attacked by chemical or biological weapons.
Second, creditors may retaliate by withdrawing subsequent lending.
One downside of such a prospect that Iran would likely retaliate against US interests and personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan, and, using Hamas and Hezbollah, against Israel and others.
Hu, having recently met with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, may have discussed the issue with Kim, as well as the intense pressure Lee is under to respond, if not retaliate.

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