RETALIATE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of RETALIATE is to return like for like; especially : to get revenge How to use retaliate in a sentence Synonym Discussion of Retaliate
Retaliating - definition of retaliating by The Free Dictionary To do something in response to an action done to oneself or an associate, especially to attack or injure someone as a response to a hurtful action To pay back (an injury) in kind [Late Latin retāliāre, retāliāt- : Latin re-, re- + Latin tāliō, punishment in kind; see telə- in Indo-European roots ] re·tal′i·a′tion n re·tal′i·a′tor n
retaliate - Oxford Learners Dictionaries to do something harmful to somebody because they have harmed you first synonym revenge retaliate (by doing something with something) The boy hit his sister, who retaliated by kicking him Definition of retaliate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
RETALIATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If you retaliate when someone harms or annoys you, you do something which harms or annoys them in return I was sorely tempted to retaliate 3 meanings: 1 to take retributory action, esp by returning some injury or wrong in kind 2 to cast (an accusation) back upon a Click for more definitions
retaliate - Wiktionary, the free dictionary retaliate (third-person singular simple present retaliates, present participle retaliating, simple past and past participle retaliated) (intransitive) To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront