strike back
verb
struck back; striking back; strikes back
: to hurt someone in return
struck back at their enemies for the attack
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Maya, having narrowly survived her own stabbing, struck back in Chapter 2 by killing Pinup Girl (Ema Horvath’s Shelly), the apple of Scarecrow’s eye since childhood.
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 9 Feb. 2026
Iran's supreme leader said in recent days that the country would strike back if attacked.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
Maduro’s capture, the assassination of Quds force chief Qassem Soleimani and the strikes on Iran’s nuclear program all correctly assessed their adversary’s relative inability to defend themselves or strike back.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 31 Jan. 2026
In their announcement, the Teamsters cast their entry into the campaign as striking back at the artificial intelligence companies designing technologies that threaten the jobs of the union’s roughly 250,000 members.
—Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 30 Jan. 2026
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 9 Feb. 2026
Iran's supreme leader said in recent days that the country would strike back if attacked.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
Maduro’s capture, the assassination of Quds force chief Qassem Soleimani and the strikes on Iran’s nuclear program all correctly assessed their adversary’s relative inability to defend themselves or strike back.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 31 Jan. 2026
In their announcement, the Teamsters cast their entry into the campaign as striking back at the artificial intelligence companies designing technologies that threaten the jobs of the union’s roughly 250,000 members.
—Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Strike back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20back. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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