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Verb: strike back  strIk bak
  1. Make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil
    "The Empire strikes back"; "The Giants struck back and won the opener"
    - retaliate

Derived forms: striking back, struck back, strikes back

Type of: hit, strike

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