retaliated
Use Retaliated in a sentence
iˌeɪt verb (used without object)
1.
to return like for like, especially evil for evil: to retaliate for an injury.
verb (used with object)
2.
to requite or make return for (a wrong or injury) with the like.
Origin:
1605–15; < Late Latin retāliātus (past participle of retāliāre), equivalent to re- re- + tāli(s) such, of such a nature + -ātus -ate1
1605–15; < Late Latin retāliātus (past participle of retāliāre), equivalent to re- re- + tāli(s) such, of such a nature + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
re·tal·i·a·tor, noun
un·re·tal·i·at·ed, adjective
un·re·tal·i·at·ing, adjective
un·re·tal·i·a·tive, adjective
Synonyms
1. counter, repay, reciprocate.
1. counter, repay, reciprocate.
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retaliate (rɪˈtælɪˌeɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (intr) to take retributory action, esp by returning some injury or wrong in kind |
| 2. | (intr) to cast (accustations) back upon a person |
| 3. | rare (tr) to avenge (an injury, wrong, etc) |
| [C17: from Late Latin retāliāre, from Latin | |
| retali'ation | |
| —n | |
| re'taliative | |
| —adj | |
| re'taliatory | |
| —adj | |
| re'taliator | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
They of course retaliated in kind, and there followed a series of struggles, separated by short periods of patched-up truce.
But she retaliated with legal tactics that have thwarted the insurgents.
Citizens retaliated by lobbing clay pots filled with deadly scorpions over the walls.
The employe contends that the employer retaliated against her and prevented her from establishing a new benefit year.
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