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retaliate verb answer back, avenge, counter, exxhange blows, get back, get even, give measure for measure, match, pay back, rebut, reciprocate, repay, repay in kind, requite, return, revenge, strike back, take retribution, take revenge, take vengeance See also: answer, oppose, penalize, punish, rebut, reciprocate, recriminate, repay, reply, resist, respond, return How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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22) Real or imagined public slights to the dignity of a notable, where a subordinate was perceived to be not sufficiently submissive, could bring violent retaliations. Israeli retaliations are all too often conducted on a disproportionate scale and predictably kill large numbers of Palestinian civilians, an outcome that cannot simply be dismissed as 'an Israeli mistake. 00), Chechnya: From Past To Future by Richard Sakwa (Professor of Russian and European Politics, University of Kent) provides the reader with an historical overview of the struggle for control of Chechnya that has resulted in a series of high-profile atrocities such as hostage seizures at Besian and the Moscow's Dubrovka theatre, as well as Russian retaliations. |
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