strike back

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verb

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
• Syn:
retaliate
• Derivationally related forms:
retaliatory (for: retaliate), retaliation (for: retaliate)
• Hypernyms:
strike, hit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP