retaliates in English
verb
1
make an attack or assault in return for a similar attack.
the blow stung and she retaliated immediately
synonyms:fight backhit backrespondreactreplyreciprocatecounterattackreturn like for likeget back at someonegive tit for tattake reprisalsget evenget one's own backpay someone backgive someone a taste of their own medicinehave/get/take one's revengebe revengedavenge oneself
verb
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1. The USA retaliates by attacking Beijing with nuclear weapons.
2. 200 None 0 3 3 0.5 10 0.2 Enemy 0 Forest-Shiso 4 Avenger true 230 None 0 3 0.5 0.2 Enemy 0 Forest-Shiso 4 Avenger2 true 260 None 0 3 0.5 0.2 Enemy 0 Forest-Shiso 4 Avenger3 true 300 None 0 3 0.5 0.2 Enemy 0 Forest-Shiso 4 Avenger4 true Avenger is immobile and retaliates with projectiles when getting hit