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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil;
- Example: "The Empire strikes back"
- Example: "The Giants struck back and won the opener"
- Example: "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing"
[syn: retaliate, strike back]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

strike back
    v 1: make a counterattack and return like for like, especially
         evil for evil; "The Empire strikes back"; "The Giants
         struck back and won the opener"; "The Israeli army
         retaliated for the Hamas bombing" [syn: retaliate,
         strike back]