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retaliate

to retaliate
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    • make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil
    "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing"

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    to retaliate
    Werkwoord
    • wreken, vergelden
    • take revenge for a perceived wrong

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    to retaliate
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    • wreken
    • take revenge for a perceived wrong

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    Voorbeeldzinnen

    1. He might retaliate.
    2. How can you be so passive? Why don't you retaliate?
    3. If you're going to say it, you have to say it with force, and take away your opponent's ability to retaliate.
    4. As to retaliation, the Commission explored whether majors could retaliate against any ‘cheating’ major, in particular by a (temporary) return to competitive behaviour or by exclusion of the deviator from compilation joint ventures and agreements.
    5. The Commission’s considerations as to homogeneity of the product, transparency of the market and the possibility to retaliate, as specified above for the larger Member States, are also valid for the smaller Member States.
    6. Immediate retaliation through the reduction by the coordinating GDSs of the fees charged to TSPs would be ineffective to retaliate against the deviating GDS, since it would not provoke switching behaviour by TSPs, considering that they need the services of all four GDSs.