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to retaliate
01
to make a counterattack or respond in a similar manner
Transitive: to retaliate an attack or insult
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
retaliate
3rd person singular
retaliates
Present participle
retaliating
Past simple
retaliated
Past participle
retaliated
Examples
When betrayed by a close friend, she resisted the urge to retaliate the injury.
02
to take revenge for a wrongdoing or attack
Intransitive: to retaliate | to retaliate against sth
Examples
After the unexpected ambush, the soldiers retaliated with a swift and strategic counterattack against the enemy forces.
Lexical Tree
retaliation
retaliative
retaliator
retaliate
retali
