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. Imran Sarker:

   They want peace, they talk of humanity. If you strike them with stones, they don't strike back. They try to reach you with flowers, so, if you want to sow fear and stifle progressive thought, they are easy to pick on.

2. Global Times:

   If Trump continues to escalate trade tensions with China, we cannot rule out the possibility that China will strike back by adopting a hard-line approach targeting Dow Jones index giants.

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.