Synonyms for strike back
strike back

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1. retaliate, strike backverb

   make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil

   "The Empire strikes back"; "The Giants struck back and won the opener"; "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing"

   Synonyms:
   avenge, revenge, retaliate

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1. Richard Moore:

   I think our assessment is that the Russians will increasingly find it difficult to supply manpower material over the next few weeks, they will have to pause some way and that will give the Ukrainians opportunities to strike back.

2. Richard Foglesong:

   A lot of us anticipated Disney would strike back and not allow its powers be taken away without some kind of response.

3. President Francois Hollande:

   The battle group, which includes the Charles de Gaulle, will again be deployed to operation Chammal... because we have to strike back at those who attacked us here in January and November 2015.

4. Chinese Commerce Ministry:

   China promised to not fire the first shot, but to defend national core interests and the interests of the people it has no choice but to strike back as necessary.

5. Lewis Hamilton:

   To come here, where I used to love watching Ayrton drive, and match his career wins, is amazing for me, it was important for us to strike back. We didn't bring our 'A' game in Singapore and we had to bring it today.