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Translate retaliate from English to French

Summary

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retaliate:
- Wiktionary:
  retaliate → riposter, rendre la pareille
- Synonyms for "retaliate":
  revenge; avenge; punish; penalize; penalise
  strike back; strike; hit

English

Detailed Translations for retaliate from English to French

retaliate:

Translation Matrix for retaliate:

Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	avenge; revenge; strike back

Synonyms for "retaliate":

revenge; avenge; punish; penalize; penalise
strike back; strike; hit

Related Definitions for "retaliate":

make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil¹
- The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing¹
take revenge for a perceived wrong¹

Wiktionary Translations for retaliate:

retaliate

verb

do something harmful to get revenge
- retaliate → riposter

retaliate

verb

au sens négatif
- rendre la pareille → get one's own back; retaliate

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University