释义
[ ri-tal -ee-eyt ] SHOW IPA
/ rɪˈtæl iˌeɪt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used without object), re·tal·i·at·ed, re·tal·i·at·ing. to return like for like, especially evil for evil: to retaliate for an injury.
verb (used with object), re·tal·i·at·ed, re·tal·i·at·ing. to requite or make return for (a wrong or injury) with the like.
Origin of retaliate 1605–15; <Late Latin retāliātus (past participle of retāliāre ), equivalent to re- re- + tāli (s ) such, of such a nature + -ātus -ate1
SYNONYMS FOR retaliate 1 counter, repay, reciprocate.
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OTHER WORDS FROM retaliate re·tal·i·a·tive, re·tal·i·a·to·ry [ri-tal -ee-uh -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /rɪˈtæl i əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, 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
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Example sentences from the Web for retaliate Persuading China to block the north is a lot easier than the U.S. launching a retaliatory cyberstrike against the Sony attackers.
Obama Could Hit China to Punish North Korea | Shane Harris, Tim Mak| December 20, 2014| DAILY BEAST
In order to satisfy the husband of the initial victim, the village chief decided that he would carry out the retaliatory rape.
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On the other, it has refused to endorse a Western-led retaliatory strike.
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Timely intelligence was proving key in combating the gang problem, where many of the shootings are retaliatory.
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When Sheridan told him in February that she was fired, Meyer said he was “it struck me as retaliatory.”
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His attack on young Whitefield had been fierce, almost savage; Whitefield's retaliatory attack was what?
The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume I (of 2) | Luke Tyerman
If he had attacked one of the guards, even with his hands bound, he might have flustered the Throg into retaliatory blaster fire.
Storm Over Warlock | Andre Norton
Their only retaliatory action was to shoot snipers when they were caught red-handed.
The Note-Book of an Attache | Eric Fisher Wood
He had never conceived the possibility of getting the astute storekeeper into such a satisfactory, retaliatory position.
Mountain Blood | Joseph Hergesheimer
Retaliatory measures were taken by her government to compel the powers to see the advantage in this recognition.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 | Various
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British Dictionary definitions for retaliate verb (intr) to take retributory action, esp by returning some injury or wrong in kind
(intr) to cast (accustations) back upon a person
(tr) rare to avenge (an injury, wrong, etc)
Derived forms of retaliate retaliation , noun retaliative or retaliatory , adjective retaliator , noun Word Origin for retaliate C17: from Late Latin retāliāre , from Latin re- + tālis of such kind
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