Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who retaliates.
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- noun One who
retaliates .
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- noun someone who takes vengeance
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Examples
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Kirk pointed out in an interview with CNN (watch the full report below) that the bully can pick his time, but then a ruckus can take place, and the retaliator is typically the one who gets in trouble.
Ty Smalley Death Causes Father Kirk To Lead Fight Against Bullying (VIDEO) Craig Kanalley 2010
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When he started doing so, we soon found out this backfired, since the retaliator always gets punished, not the instigator.
Little Boys Being "Feminized"? « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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"We're trying to be smarter, be the hitter, not the retaliator."
USATODAY.com 2003
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It always in the end returns with redoubled force on the retaliator.
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In the day of his wrath {135d} he was nimble — a destructive retaliator;
Y Gododin A Poem of the Battle of Cattraeth Aneurin 1836
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Hamas aims rockets directly at civilians, there are thousands of cases of the IDF pulling out from retaliator y attacks.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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If somebody starts something, more often than not it's the retaliator who gets stuck and gets punished.
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I think right now, the agitator gets fined, the retaliator gets suspend in all these things.
ESPNsoccernet Chris Forsberg 2010
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I think right now, the agitator gets fined, the retaliator gets suspend in all these things.
ESPNsoccernet Chris Forsberg 2010
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"The retaliator is getting suspended in all these incidents."
NBA.com: News 2010
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