retaliate against

retaliate against someone or something

to take revenge against someone or something. The striking workers will retaliate against the company with a protest march. The students retaliated against the administration.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Emmanouil	-	Greek
Lucjusz	LUWTS-yuwsh	Polish
Murad	-	Arabic, Urdu, Azerbaijani
Arachne	ə-RAK-nee (English)	Greek Mythology
Aurelianus	-	Ancient Roman
ÉRica	-	Portuguese