(v) make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil, Syn. strike back, Example:The Empire strikes back; The Giants struck back and won the opener; The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing
[きりかえす, kirikaesu] (v5s, vt) (1) to slash back; (2) to strike back; to counterattack; to retort; (3) to cut the wheel; (4) (See 切り返し・2) to perform a twisting backward knee trip (in sumo)