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ตัวอย่างประโยคจาก Tanaka JP-EN Corpus
retaliatHow can you be so passive? Why don't you retaliate?
retaliatShe retaliated against him by ignoring him.
retaliatThreats of retaliation are blocking negotiations.

WordNet (3.0)
retaliate(v) make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil, Syn. strike back, Example: The Empire strikes back; The Giants struck back and won the opener; The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing
retaliation(n) action taken in return for an injury or offense, Syn. revenge
retaliatory(adj) of or relating to or having the nature of retribution, Syn. retributive, vindicatory, retributory, relatiative, Example: retributive justice demands an eye for an eye
retaliatory eviction(n) an eviction in reprisal for the tenant's good-faith complaints against the landlord; illegal in many states

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Retaliate

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Retaliated p. pr. & vb. n. Retaliating. ] [ L. retaliatus, p. p. of retaliare to retaliate; pref. re- re- + a word akin to talio talion, retaliation. Cf. Talion. ] To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the same kind; to return evil for (evil). [ Now seldom used except in a bad sense. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

One ambassador sent word to the duke's son that his visit should be retaliated. Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries of authors, whose works are so soon forgotten that we are in danger of appearing the first aggressors. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Retaliate

v. i. To return like for like; specifically, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate upon an enemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Retaliation

n. The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like; retribution; now, specifically, the return of evil for evil; e.g., an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. [ 1913 Webster ]

God . . . takes what is done to others as done to himself, and by promise obloges himself to full retaliation. Calamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Requital; reprisal; retribution; punishment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Retaliative

a. Same as Retaliatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

Retaliatory

a. Tending to, or involving, retaliation; retaliative; as retaliatory measures. [ 1913 Webster ]

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