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retaliate
Use
Retaliate
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re·tal·i·ate
/
rɪˈtæl
iˌeɪt
/
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[
ri-
tal
-ee-eyt
]
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verb,
re·tal·i·at·ed,
re·tal·i·at·ing.
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
-ate
1
Related forms
re·tal·i·a·tive,
re·tal·i·a·to·ry
/
rɪˈtæl
i
əˌtɔr
i
,
-ˌtoʊr
i
/
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[
ri-
tal
-ee-
uh
-tawr-ee
,
-tohr-ee
]
Show IPA
,
adjective
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
un·re·tal·i·a·to·ry,
adjective
Synonyms
1.
counter, repay, reciprocate.
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World English Dictionary
retaliate
(rɪˈtælɪˌeɪt)
—
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
re-
+
tālis
of such kind]
retali'ation
—
n
re'taliative
—
adj
re'taliatory
—
adj
re'taliator
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
retaliate
1610s, from pp. stem of L. retaliare (see
retaliation
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Managers, supervisors or employees who
retaliate
or attempt to
retaliate
will
be subject to discipline.
Failing that, several governments have vowed to take their own legal action or
retaliate
with countervailing trade measures.
If the birds find that their eggs have been destroyed or removed from the nest,
the cowbirds
retaliate
, the study says.
Retaliate
against a whistleblowers, whether an employee or an applicant.
Mounting layoffs due to the economic downturn prompted new fears that workers would
retaliate
.
We have our means to
retaliate
, maybe politically, maybe in other ways.
We will investigate all complaints and will not
retaliate
against you for filing a complaint.
They coordinate attacks and set traps-they can
retaliate
.
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