retaliated
past simple and past participle ofretaliate
| 单词 | retaliated |
| 释义 | retaliated past simple and past participle ofretaliate retaliate verb[I] uk/rɪˈtæl.i.eɪt/us/rɪˈtæl.i.eɪt/tohurtsomeone or do somethingharmfulto someone because they have done or said somethingharmfulto you: If someoneinsultsyou, don't retaliate as it only makes thesituationworse. Thedemonstratorsthrewrocksat thepolice, who retaliatedbyfiringblanksinto thecrowd. Theterroristsretaliatedagainstthegovernmentwithabombattack. Synonyms fight back hit back Compare avengeformal revengeverb Revenge and vengefulness
Examplesofretaliatedretaliated In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. When all this failed, these soldiersretaliatedthrough satirical songs. From theCambridge English Corpus That is, the aggressive boysretaliatedaggressively, and the nonaggressive boys withheld any retaliation. From theCambridge English Corpus Unsurprisingly the angry monksretaliated, barring entry to the chapter to the bishop's clerks. From theCambridge English Corpus The armyretaliatedaggressively with heavy ground re, air attacks, and the destruction of crops. From theCambridge English Corpus Opponentsretaliatedlikewise, branding the houses as unsaleable, 'monstrous', 'nothing less than large bird-cages'. From theCambridge English Corpus The intendantretaliatedquickly, arresting some of these "insubordinate" men. From theCambridge English Corpus The governmentretaliatedby escalating the scale and intensity of violence against rural areas and rebellious military units. From theCambridge English Corpus Whigs, of course,retaliatedin other ways. From theCambridge English Corpus However, when they took one day's action at the end of last year, their employerretaliatedby locking them out and dismissing them all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 On the other hand, labourretaliatedby gutting the highest wages possible through its trade unions, giving as little as it could in return. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 So far we have been extraordinarily fortunate in that, whilst imposing tariffs against our friends, they have notretaliated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I know of no horse who has ever taken anybody's life, although horses haveretaliatedby giving somebody a kick in the pants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Then, when the enemyretaliated, one used something heavier, and then the enemy used something heavier, and so on right up the escalator. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, and this was about 100 years ago, some sturdy spiritsretaliated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Other countries which might haveretaliateddid not retaliate to anything like the extent we expected. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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