Definition of Retaliates

1. Verb. (third-person singular of retaliate) ¹

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Definition of Retaliates

1. retaliate [v] - See also: retaliate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Retaliates

retaining
retaining wall
retaining walls
retainment
retainments
retains
retake
retaken
retaker
retakers
retakes
retaking
retakings
retaliate
retaliated
retaliates (current term)
retaliating
retaliation
retaliations
retaliative
retaliator
retaliatorily
retaliators
retaliatory
retaliatory eviction
retallied
retallies
retally
retallying
retamas

Literary usage of Retaliates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Making of the Nation, 1783-1817 by Francis Amasa Walker (1895)
"... of 'New England Hold Aloof—The Trouble with England—Napoleon retaliates with the Rambouillet Decree—Alleged Repeal of the French Decrees—Non-Intercourse ..."

2. History of New Netherland by Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan (1855)
"... Swedes from the South River—Stuyvesant retaliates—Proceedings in Europe regarding the boundary question—Plan of the Directors—Is forwarded to London—The ..."

3. Memoirs of the Pretenders and Their Adherents by John Heneage Jesse (1901)
"... His Arrival at Stirling — Charles's Escape from Lord Lou- don's Snare to Take His Person — retaliates by Attacking Lord Loudon at Inverness — Chivalrous ..."

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