How do you use Retaliate in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like revenge or avenge, plus the exact meaning.
Retaliate meaning
- To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.
- To repay or requite by an act of the same kind.
Using Retaliate
- The main meaning on this page is: To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront. | To repay or requite by an act of the same kind.
- Useful related words include: revenge, avenge, punish, penalize.
- In the example corpus, retaliate often appears in combinations such as: to retaliate, retaliate against, retaliate with.
Context around Retaliate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Retaliate
- In this selection, "retaliate" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, may, surely and humiliation stand out and add context to how "retaliate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include amazon would retaliate in some and asghari might retaliate by releasing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "retaliate" sits close to words such as alvin, broaden and climbers, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with retaliate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It’s unclear how or if Putin will retaliate. (9 words)
And instead of getting angry at them, we need to retaliate with calm education. (14 words)
Orlando was quick to retaliate with a beautiful header from Antonio Carlos in the 25th minute. (16 words)
I’m slightly afraid that if there were suddenly a growing movement, and no authors or most authors would not want their books to be sold by Amazon—which is hard to believe—that Amazon would retaliate in some awful way. (41 words)
Court heard the MDC president had laid charges to retaliate humiliation by CCC activists who chanted political songs outside the courthouse on November 11, 2022 after his application for a spoilation order against CCC was ruled defective. (37 words)
As of this writing, Justin Pearson is waiting to find out whether he will be reappointed to his seat by the Shelby County Board of Commission, although some worry that state legislators may retaliate against Memphis. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Beijing official warns China would retaliate against US trade crackdown – : “China reserves the right to retaliate if U.S. trade measures against it violate World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, the Chinese commerce ministry said Thursday.
ADG STF Amitabh Yash said that the STF had asked the two to surrender but they opened fire after which the team had to retaliate.
And instead of getting angry at them, we need to retaliate with calm education.
An officer at The Mount prison believes the filming of a new ITV series 'Grand Slammers' has "positively impacted" inmates to "not retaliate".
As of this writing, Justin Pearson is waiting to find out whether he will be reappointed to his seat by the Shelby County Board of Commission, although some worry that state legislators may retaliate against Memphis.
Court heard the MDC president had laid charges to retaliate humiliation by CCC activists who chanted political songs outside the courthouse on November 11, 2022 after his application for a spoilation order against CCC was ruled defective.
He wants to retaliate for their removal from the committee, and apparently, he believes I was very effective in exposing his misconduct, Donald Trump’s misconduct, and that’s what they’re try to stop.
I’m slightly afraid that if there were suddenly a growing movement, and no authors or most authors would not want their books to be sold by Amazon—which is hard to believe—that Amazon would retaliate in some awful way.
In any case, to retaliate against Gates, Isaacson reports that Musk then tweeted a photo of Gates with a visibly protruding belly.
In the weeks ahead, the Israeli military will surely retaliate against Hamas’ deadly terrorist attack and kill hundreds more Palestinian militants and civilians.
It’s unclear how or if Putin will retaliate.
Kemp has refused attempts to retaliate against the prosecutor in that case despite an outcry from the most pro-Trump elements of the Republican Party, underlining the divide between Kemp and those forces.
Now, according tosources say that should Spears refuse to renegotiate their prenup, Asghari might retaliate by releasing incriminating information about his soon-to-be ex-wife.
Once the player was low on health, they could press two buttons to retaliate with a long, grisly super.
Orlando was quick to retaliate with a beautiful header from Antonio Carlos in the 25th minute.
Previous attacks came after missile attacks were launched, but even though there were few or no casualties, Israel would retaliate with air strikes.
Several major events, the kind that would have pushed Hamas to retaliate, have taken place without any serious armed response by the Resistance in Gaza.
So let’s retaliate by hiking our visa fees for American bands who want to play shows up here.
Stratus attacked Lynch with a kendo stick to the back, only for Lynch to retaliate with a high crossbody on her and Stark.
The death toll has been mounting on both sides since Hamas launched an unprecedented incursion into Israel one week ago, prompting Israeli forces to retaliate.
Common combinations with retaliate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to retaliate 125×
- retaliate against 65×
- retaliate with 18×
- would retaliate 15×
- retaliate for 15×
- will retaliate 14×
- retaliate by 14×
- retaliate in 6×
- retaliate and 6×
- retaliate if 4×