retaliate

/rɪˈtælieɪt/ verb [I]

Translation

› to do something bad to someone because they have done something bad to you

misilleme yapmak, yapılan bir kötülüğe kötülükle cevap vermek

They have threatened to retaliate against any troops that attack.1040

retaliation

/rɪˌtæliˈeɪʃən/ noun [U] ›

misilleme

They bombed the hotel in retaliation for the arrests. retaliatory

/rɪˈtæliətəri/ adjective ›

misilleme olarak yapılan

retaliatory measures

(Definition of retaliate verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

everything that exists or is possible

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