What is the meaning of Retaliate?

  • (v.t.) 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.].
  • (v.i.) To return like for like; specifically, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate upon an enemy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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