retaliate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
take revenge for a perceived wrong
He wants to avenge the murder of his brother
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- retaliation derivation
- avenger derivation
- vindicatory derivation
Sense 2 verb
make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil
The Empire strikes back
Types & categories
- strike hypernym
Related & opposite
- retaliation derivation
- vindicatory derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | retaliation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | avenger |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | vindicatory |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | punish |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | get back |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | retaliation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | vindicatory |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | strike |