retaliate

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

re·tali·ate [retaliate retaliates retaliated retaliating] BrE [rɪˈtælieɪt] NAmE [rɪˈtælieɪt] verb intransitive
to do sth harmful to sb because they have harmed you first
Syn: take revenge
•~ (against sb/sth) to retaliate against an attack
•~ (by doing sth/with sth) The boy hit his sister, who retaliated by kicking him.
Derived Word: ↑retaliatory
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
early 17th cent.: from Latin retaliat- ‘returned in kind’, from the verb retaliare, from re- ‘back’ + talis ‘such’.

Example Bank:
•The police were pelted with stones and retaliated with tear gas.
•Ukraine threatened to retaliate by closing oil pipelines.
•The demonstrators retaliated by throwing stones and bricks.
•The police retaliated with tear gas.
•They threatened to retaliate against the British.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  strike back, revenge, avenge