āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to retort
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āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to reply quickly and sharply, often in a clever or aggressive manner
Intransitive: to retort with a remark
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Instead of staying silent, Tom retorted with a clever comeback after being challenged by his colleague.
āĻ¨ā§āĻ°āĻŦ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§, āĻāĻŽ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻšāĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
Retort
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āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ°, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ°
a quick, often sharp or witty reply to a question or remark
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The politician 's retort silenced the reporter's accusation.
āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻ¯ā§āĻāĻā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ, āĻāĻ¸āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°
a sealed vessel used for distillation or decomposition of substances by heat
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Retorts are commonly used in laboratories for chemical reactions.
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āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
