vverb.competitiontake revenge for a perceived wrongSynset:avenge revenge
Examples:- He wants to avenge the murder of his brother
Derivationally Related Form:avengerretaliatorrevengeretaliatoryretaliation
Hypernyms:penalise penalize punish
Inherited Hypernyms:revengepunish
Direct Hyponyms:get backget even
Full Troponyms:get evenpay back
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.competitionmake a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evilSynset:strike back
Examples:- The Empire strikes back
- The Giants struck back and won the opener
- The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing
Derivationally Related Form:retaliatoryretaliation
Hypernyms:hit strike
Inherited Hypernyms:retaliatestrikeattackcontend
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP