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Detailed Synonyms for strike back in English

strike back:

to strike back verb (strikes back, struck back, striking back)

  1. to strike back
    to reverberate; to reflect; to strike back; to echo
    • reverberate verb (reverberates, reverberated, reverberating)
    • reflect verb (reflects, reflected, reflecting)
    • strike back verb (strikes back, struck back, striking back)
    • echo verb (echos, echoed, echoing)
  2. to strike back
    to strike back; to beat back; to blow back; to hit back; to kick back
    • strike back verb (strikes back, struck back, striking back)
    • beat back verb (beats back, beated back, beating back)
    • blow back verb (blows back, blowing back)
    • hit back verb (hits back, hit back, hitting back)
    • kick back verb (kicks back, kicked back, kicking back)
  3. to strike back
    – make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil 1
    to strike back; retaliate
    – make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil 1
    • strike back verb (strikes back, struck back, striking back)
    • retaliate verb
      • The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing1

Conjugations for strike back:

present
  1. strike back
  2. strike back
  3. strikes back
  4. strike back
  5. strike back
  6. strike back
simple past
  1. struck back
  2. struck back
  3. struck back
  4. struck back
  5. struck back
  6. struck back
present perfect
  1. have struck back
  2. have struck back
  3. has struck back
  4. have struck back
  5. have struck back
  6. have struck back
past continuous
  1. was striking back
  2. were striking back
  3. was striking back
  4. were striking back
  5. were striking back
  6. were striking back
future
  1. shall strike back
  2. will strike back
  3. will strike back
  4. shall strike back
  5. will strike back
  6. will strike back
continuous present
  1. am striking back
  2. are striking back
  3. is striking back
  4. are striking back
  5. are striking back
  6. are striking back
subjunctive
  1. be struck back
  2. be struck back
  3. be struck back
  4. be struck back
  5. be struck back
  6. be struck back
diverse
  1. strike back!
  2. let's strike back!
  3. struck back
  4. striking back
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

strike back [the ~] noun

  1. the strike back
    the ricochet; the strike back; the fling back

Alternate Synonyms for "strike back":


Related Definitions for "strike back":

  1. make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil1

Related Synonyms for strike back