retaliate

suomi-englanti sanakirja

retaliate englannista suomeksi

1. vastata samalla mitalla

2. kostaa

0. Verbi

1. kostaa, vastata samalla mitalla

retaliate englanniksi

1. To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to back or respond kind to an injury or affront.

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2. To repay or requite by an act of the same kind.

3. (RQ:Herbert Travaile)

4. 1713-174, (w) and (w), ''(w)'' Preface

It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries of authors, whose works are so soon forgotten that we are in danger of appearing the first aggressors.