Dictionary Entry
retaliate
retaliate is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the same kind; to return evil for (evil). [Now seldom used except in a bad sense.]. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 4 senses
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- 1transitive verb
To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the same kind; to return evil for (evil). [Now seldom used except in a bad sense.]
- 2intransitive verb
To return like for like; specifically, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate upon an enemy.
- 3verb
make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil
"The Empire strikes back"
"The Giants struck back and won the opener"
- 4verb
take revenge for a perceived wrong
"He wants to avenge the murder of his brother"
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