to retaliate

English - Turkish

Definition of to retaliate in English Turkish dictionary

misillemede bulunmak

misilleme yapmak

Misilleme yapmak istiyor. - He wants to retaliate.

{f} aynı şekilde karşılık verilmek

aynını yapmak

kısas

mukabele etmek

dengiyle karşılamak

misillemede bulunmak

intikam almak

kötülüğe kötülükle karşılık vermek

misillemede bulun

(Askeri) (RETALIATION) Misilleme yapmak

{f} intikamını almak

{f} öç almak

English - English

Definition of to retaliate in English English dictionary

To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront

John replied to Peter's insult with a verbal attack to retaliate for Peter's acid remark earlier.

to repay evil with a similar evil

{v} to repay, requite, make a return

To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the same kind; to return evil for (evil)

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"

{f} avenge, strike back, take revenge for an injury received; repay in kind, reciprocate, requite

take revenge for a perceived wrong; "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother"

If you retaliate when someone harms or annoys you, you do something which harms or annoys them in return. I was sorely tempted to retaliate Christie retaliated by sending his friend a long letter detailing Carl's utter incompetence The militia responded by saying it would retaliate against any attacks They may retaliate with sanctions on other products if the bans are disregarded. + retaliation re·talia·tion Police said they believed the attack was in retaliation for the death of the drug trafficker. to do something bad to someone because they have done something bad to you hit back retaliate by doing sth (past participle of retaliare, from talio )

[Now seldom used except in a bad sense

] To return like for like; specifically, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate upon an enemy

Hyphenation

to re·tal·i·ate

Turkish pronunciation

tı ritälieyt

Pronunciation

/tə rēˈtalēˌāt/ /tə riːˈtæliːˌeɪt/