retaliate
bertindak balas
definition
verb
the blow stung and she retaliated immediately
make an attack or assault in return for a similar attack.
example
they used their abilities to 'retaliate' the injury
Delia and Sam tried to stop him but he immediately got back up in attempt to 'retaliate' .
Shaking the snow from his hair, Devon immediately moved to 'retaliate' , bombarding Max with amazingly well aimed snowballs until he took refuge behind his father.
I should have been prepared for her to 'retaliate' and take revenge on me.
Before he had time to 'retaliate' or respond, she picked up her tray and retreated towards the door that led to the kitchen.
Cecil watched his opponent warily, ready to 'retaliate' at the merest hint of an attack.
In the formulation presented here, if a firm cheats on a scheme to restrict output, the cheating is detected after one period of cheating, and other firms 'retaliate' immediately.
I had expected them to immediately 'retaliate' with nasty comments.
they used their abilities to 'retaliate' the injury
The tiger only learned to avoid people when their abilities to 'retaliate' increased over the last two centuries.
The Internet is made up of countless interconnected devices, and any innocent routers between the attacker and 'retaliator' would suffer at least twice in a counterstrike.
A company can be ordered to pay substantial damages, including back pay, for 'retaliating' against whistle-blowers.
Often people talk of justice as only 'retaliative' .
George heaped scorn upon what he considered a pseudoscience, and the economists 'retaliated' in kind.
Perhaps you have met a 'retaliator' ; this person is a pretty decent fellow, except that he will respond in kind, if attacked.
Twelve years after, in 1111, the Ulidians 'retaliated' and avenged the insult offered to their honour on Crew Hill by defeating the Kinel-Owen at Tullahoge (in Co. Tyrone, above Dungannon), and cut down their sacred trees.
The principal victims were small peasant farms and the more advanced sectors of southern agriculture, whose products (especially olive oil and wine) were easy targets of 'retaliatory' foreign tariffs.
Dupree slapped Jericho, and Jericho 'retaliated' with punches, elbows and chops.
All that can be accomplished now is 'retaliative' aggression.
Only those who have an immediate need to know, including, but not limited to, the investigator, the complainant, and the alleged harasser or 'retaliator' shall be provided with the identity of the complainant and allegations.
At lunch, someone had flicked a spoonful of peas at Maya, and she had 'retaliated' by chucking the rest of her lasagne at Travis Jones, the shooting guard for the varsity team.
But it's quite illegal under the Sherman Act for a monopoly to engage in anticompetitive, deceptive or 'retaliatory' practices that have no credible justification other than to squash competitors.
Gilbert, earl of Glocester, the greatest baron of the kingdom, had espoused the king's daughter; and being elated by that alliance, and still more by his own power, which, he thought, set him above the laws, he permitted his bailiffs and vassals to commit violence on the lands of Humphrey Bohun, earl of Hereford, who 'retaliated' the injury by like violence.
We're not doing this to be 'retaliating' or for retribution or revenge.
If insulted, he 'retaliated' swiftly and turned mockery against its instigator.
Ship builders and owners lobbied for navigation laws to exclude British shipping from American ports, and southern exporters and northern merchants pleaded for 'retaliatory' legislation to force open closed British markets.
Feodor moved quickly to the left to dodge the attack and quickly 'retaliated' .
She had 'retaliated' by pretending not to notice, chatting enthusiastically with Colin and laughing whenever he said even the slightest thing funny.
In a 'retaliative' fit of pique Trish hadn't complained, instead smiling calmly and signing the papers the estate agent had called round with.
The other guards quickly jumped to attention and 'retaliated' with counter-fire.
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