Read full poem →Not that I shall be mine own officer,
And hate with hate again retaliate;
But thou wilt lose the style of conqueror
Dictionary Entry
To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.
In a Sentence
“John insulted Peter to retaliate for Peter's acid remark earlier.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. retaliateagainst retaliateupon retaliate
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Poetry examples for “retaliate”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Not that I shall be mine own officer,
And hate with hate again retaliate;
But thou wilt lose the style of conqueror
Read full poem →And you laugh at yourself for needing to retaliate in her own infantile way by
a hollow totaling of your conquests. Conversation about boys between girls is so