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- Dictionaryretaliate/rɪˈtalɪeɪt/
verb
- 1. make an attack in return for a similar attack: "the blow stung and she retaliated immediately"
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Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the verb retaliate, which means to return like for like or to get revenge. See how to use retaliate in a sentence and how it differs from related words like reciprocate, requite, and return.
Retaliate means to do something which harms or annoys someone in return for what they did to you. Learn the pronunciation, grammar, and usage of retaliate with Collins English Dictionary, and see synonyms and related words.
Retaliate means to hurt someone or do something harmful to someone because they have done or said something harmful to you. Learn more about the meaning, synonyms, and usage of retaliate with examples from various sources.
Retaliation is the act of hurting someone or doing something harmful to someone because they have done or said something harmful to you. Learn more about the meaning, usage and collocations of retaliation with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
To retaliate means to get back at someone, usually through a counterattack. “Ned got hit with a cream pie, then he retaliated by throwing a bucket of Jell-O at his attackers.”
Retaliate means to take revenge or to respond to an attack or harm. It comes from Latin retāliāt-, retāliāre, and is first attested in 1606. See more meanings, pronunciation, frequency, and examples of retaliate.
Retaliate means to return like for like, especially evil for evil, or to requite or make return for a wrong or injury with the like. See the origin, usage, and synonyms of retaliate, and learn how to use it in a sentence with examples.
