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
Gulisa	-	Georgian
Marinus	-	Ancient Roman, Dutch
Aubree	AWB-ree	English (Modern)
Emalee	-	English (Rare)
Elsa	EL-sə (English), EL-zah (German), EL-sah (Finnish)	English, German, Swedish, Icelandic, Finnish, Italian
AssumpciÓ	-	Catalan