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.”
To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the same kind; to return evil for (evil). [Now seldom used except in a bad sense.]
Verb
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
take revenge for a perceived wrong; "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother"
v. t.
To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act
of the same kind; to return evil for (evil). [Now seldom used except in
a bad sense.]
v. i.
To return like for like; specifically, to return evil
for evil; as, to retaliate upon an enemy.
Retaliate
One ambassador sent word to the duke's son that his visit should be retaliated.
It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries of authors, whose works are so soon forgotten that we are in danger of appearing the first aggressors.
Retaliate
To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the same kind; to return evil for (evil). [Now seldom used except in a bad sense.]
To return like for like; specifically, to return evil for evil;
Usage Examples
We cannot know the whole truth, which belongs to God alone, but our task nevertheless is to seek to know what is true. And if we offend gravely enough against what we know to be true, as by failing badly enough to deal affectionately and responsibly with our land and our neighbors, truth will retaliate with ugliness, poverty, and disease.
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Other Usage ExamplesThere are nuclear weapons in China, Iran, Korea and Pakistan. It wouldn't take much to send a couple of warheads off on this planet somewhere that would cause a lot of environmental damage, then if you have got someone who wants to retaliate you have real problems.
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