retaliate

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. take revenge for a perceived wrong (Freq. 1)
- He wants to avenge the murder of his brother
• Syn:
revenge, avenge
• Derivationally related forms:
retaliatory, retaliation, retaliator, avenger (for: avenge), revenge (for: revenge)
• Hypernyms:
punish, penalize, penalise
• Hyponyms:
get even, get back
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil (Freq. 1)
- The Empire strikes back
- The Giants struck back and won the opener
- The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing
• Syn:
strike back
• Derivationally related forms:
retaliatory, retaliation
• Hypernyms:
strike, hit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  strike back, revenge, avenge