riposte
ri
rÉĒ
ri
poste
ˈpoʊst
powst
/ÉšÉĒpˈɒst/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "riposte"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧁āĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ, āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻž āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ

a quick return attack in fencing following a successful defensive block
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His riposte after the parry was so precise it scored the winning point.
āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧁āĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻāϤāϟāĻž āϏ⧁āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϜāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧁āĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ

a sharp, clever, or critical response to a comment or action
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The debate was full of witty ripostes between the two candidates.
āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁'āϜāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻŽāϜāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϜāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧁āĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to respond quickly and often sharply to a comment or criticism
Intransitive: to riposte | to riposte to sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He riposted to the accusation with undeniable evidence.
āϏ⧇ āĻ…āĻ•āĻžāĻŸā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖāϏāĻš āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āϗ⧇āϰ āϜāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϜāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻž āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to counterattack in fencing immediately after parrying an opponent's attack
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He riposted flawlessly, scoring the winning point.
āϏ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§‹āώāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‹āĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāϞ, āϜāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋āϰ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ