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strike back
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  strike back - make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil; "The Empire strikes back"; "The Giants struck back and won the opener"; "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing"retaliatestrike, hit - make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2" |
strikeverb1. To deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply:bash, catch, clout, hit, knock, pop, slam, slog, slug, smash, smite, sock, swat, thwack, whack, wham, whop.Informal: biff, bop, clip, wallop.Slang: belt, conk, paste.Idioms: let someone have it, sock it to someone.2. To set upon with violent force:aggress, assail, assault, attack, beset, fall on (or upon), go at, have at, sail into, storm.Informal: light into, pitch into.3. To bring great harm or suffering to:afflict, agonize, anguish, curse, excruciate, plague, rack, scourge, smite, torment, torture.4. To grasp at (something) eagerly, forcibly, and abruptly with the jaws:catch, nip, snap, snatch.5. To give forth or cause to give forth a clear, resonant sound:bong, chime, knell, peal, ring, toll.6. To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean.Also used with out:annul, blot (out), cancel, cross (off or out), delete, efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, rub (out), scratch (out), undo, wipe (out), x (out).Law: vacate.7. To evoke a usually strong mental or emotional response from:affect, get (to), impress, move, touch.8. To enter a person's mind:hit, occur.Idiom: cross one's mind.9. To have a sudden overwhelming effect on:catch, seize, take.10. To cease working in support of demands made upon an employer:walk out.Idiom: go on strike.phrasal verb
strike backTo return like for like, especially to return an unfriendly or hostile action with a similar one:counter, hit back, reciprocate, retaliate, retort.phrasal verb
strike downTo cause to fall, as from a shot or blow:bring down, cut down, down, drop, fell, flatten, floor, ground, knock down, level, prostrate, throw.Slang: deck.Idiom: lay low.phrasal verb
strike outTo proceed in a specified direction:bear, go, head, make, set out.noun1. The act of attacking:aggression, assailment, assault, attack, attempt, offense, offensive, onrush, onset, onslaught.2. Something that has been discovered:ascertainment, discovery, find, finding.Translationsstrike back
strike backTo retaliate; to return or counter an attack. They were down for most of the game, but they struck back in the fourth quarter with an amazing effort. The government vowed to strike back following the attack on its military outpost.See also: back, strikestrike back (at someone or something)to return the blows of someone or something; to return the attack of someone or something. The victim struck back at the mugger and scared him away. The victim struck back in the courts.See also: back, strikestrike backv. To deliver a return attack; counterattack: The rebels struck back at the government forces.See also: back, strikestrike back
Synonyms for strike backverb make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evilSynonymsRelated Words |