Retaliate

Definition

retaliate /rÇ'tælieÇt/ v ~ (against sb/ sth) (by doing sth/ with sth) လက္တံု႔ျပန္သည္။ The boy slapped his sister, who retaliated by kicking him. ❍ They threatened to retaliate against similar cross-border raids. ❍ They are likely to retaliate. ❏ retaliation /rÇ ' tæli'eÇʃn/ n [U] ~ (against sb/ sth); ~ (for sth) လက္တံု႔ျပန္မႈ။ the danger of retaliation against UN aid workers ❍ The shooting may have been in retaliation for the recent sectarian murders. ❏ retaliatory /rÇ'tæliǝtri; US -tↄ:ri/ adj တန္ျပန္။ လက္တံု႔ျပန္ [ေသာ]။ take retaliatory measures ❍ The raid was purely retaliatory.

Examples

1. [retaliate with] : Militant students hurled firebombs and riot police retaliated with tear gas.
2. [retaliate by doing something] : They say they will retaliate by halting British imports.
3. [retaliate against someone for something] : They have threatened to retaliate against the US for the bombing raid.