RETALIATE
\ɹɪtˈalɪˌe͡ɪt], \ɹɪtˈalɪˌeɪt], \ɹ_ɪ_t_ˈa_l_ɪ__ˌeɪ_t]\
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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.]
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To return like for like; specifically, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate upon an enemy.
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Retaliation.
By Oddity Software
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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.]
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To return like for like; specifically, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate upon an enemy.
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Retaliation.
By Noah Webster.
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Retaliation.
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Retaliative, retaliatory.
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To give like for like; repay evil with evil.
By James Champlin Fernald
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To return something of the same kind for; as, to retaliate a wrong.
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To give like for like, especially, evil for evil; as, to retaliate for a wrong.
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Retaliative.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Retaliative, retaliatory.
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To return like for like; repay.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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