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
Feodora	-	Russian
Dagm&Aelig;R	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Christoph	KRIS-tawf	German
Meliton	-	Ancient Greek, Georgian
&Thorn;ÓRa	-	Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Ithiel	-	Biblical