Related Words for strike back

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fight back
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Phrase, Verb
retaliate
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Verb
bite back
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Phrase, Verb
attack
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Noun
revenge
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Noun
strike
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Noun
combat
/x
Noun
fight
/
Noun
round
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Noun
round on
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Phrase, Verb
repel
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Verb
strike out
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Phrase, Verb
resist
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Verb
fire away
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
battle
/x
Noun
turn against
/x/
Phrase, Verb
battle it out
/x//
Phrase, Verb
take
/
Verb
fend off
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Phrase, Verb
descend
x/
Verb
ward
/
Noun
break
/
Noun
avenge
x/
Verb
beat back
//
Phrase, Verb
set about
/x/
Phrase, Verb
flank
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Noun
assail
x/
Verb
assault
x/
Noun
engage
x/
Verb
raid
/
Noun
bomb
/
Noun
work over
//x
Phrase, Verb
defend
x/
Verb
rush
/
Noun
set against
/x/
Phrase, Verb
keep back
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Phrase, Verb
parry
/x
Noun
have at
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Phrase, Verb
face off
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Phrase, Noun, Verb
strike in
/x
Phrase, Verb
switchblade
/x
Noun
turn on
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Phrase, Verb
kick
/
Noun
lash
/
Noun
revile
x/
Verb
antagonize
x/xx
Verb
react
x/
Verb
punch
/
Noun
roll
/
Noun
offend
x/
Verb
surprise
x/
Noun
gang up on
/xx
Phrase, Verb
barrage
x/
Noun
ward off
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Phrase, Verb
rise
/
Noun
beat
/
Noun
threat
/
Noun
go to war
///
Phrase, Verb
slam
/
Noun
beset
x/
Verb
rear
/
Noun
back away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
fight off
//
Phrase, Verb
confront
x/
Verb
insult
x/
Noun
ambush
/x
Noun
brawl
/
Noun
hawk
/
Noun
beat up
/x
Phrase, Verb, Adjective, Noun
kick in
/x
Phrase, Verb
serve out
//
Phrase, Verb
fall back upon
//x/
Phrase, Verb
lay back
//
Phrase, Verb
stick up
//
Phrase, Verb
forehand
/x
Noun
reach
/
Noun
spite
/
Noun
stand back
//
Phrase, Verb
revolt
x/
Noun
start
/
Noun
blitz
/
Noun
throw back
//
Phrase, Verb
repulse
x/
Noun
stab
/
Noun
overturn
/xx
Verb
sort out
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Phrase, Verb
throw
/
Verb
recoil
x/
Noun
counteract
/xx
Verb
swarm
/
Noun
offer
/x
Noun
shoot
/
Noun
face
/
Noun
snipe
/
Noun
mortar
/x
Noun
connect
x/
Verb
lay on
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Phrase, Verb
take exception
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
collide
x/
Noun
service
/x
Noun
hammer
/x
Noun
rival
/x
Noun
set back
//
Phrase, Verb
action
/x
Noun
jump
/
Noun
back out
//
Phrase, Verb
visit
/x
Noun
retire
x/
Verb
swoop
/
Noun
break out
//
Phrase, Verb
retract
x/
Verb
feint
/
Noun
rage
/
Noun
threaten
/x
Verb
charge
/
Noun
break through
//
Phrase, Verb
withstand
x/
Verb
attempt
x/
Noun
invade
x/
Verb
oppose
x/
Verb
wrestle
/x
Verb
swap
/
Noun
buffet
/x
Noun
turn round
//
Phrase, Verb
turn back
//
Phrase, Verb
walk back
//
Phrase, Verb
bate
/
Noun
swipe
/
Noun
square
/
Noun
tackle
/x
Noun
pincer
/x
Noun
leather
/x
Noun
take heart
//
Phrase, Verb
brunt
/
Noun
turn away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
wrack
/
Noun
power
/x
Noun
cut back
//
Phrase, Verb
choke back
//
Phrase, Verb
above
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
accompany
x/xx
Verb
accomplish
x/x
Verb
accrue
x/
Verb, Noun
ache
/
Noun, Verb
achieve
x/
Verb
adjoining
x/x
Adjective
advance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
affect
x/
Verb, Noun
afflict
x/
Verb
afresh
x/
Adverb
aft
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
afternoon
xx/
Noun, Adverb
again
x/
Adverb
against
x/
Adverb
ago
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
ahead
x/
Adverb
along
x/
Adverb
already
x/x
Adverb
an
/
Noun
anew
x/
Adverb
ante
/x
Noun, Verb
apartheid
x/x
Noun, Verb
arcing
/x
Noun
arrears
x/
Noun
arrive
x/
Verb
astern
/x
Adverb, Adjective
attain
x/
Verb
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
back up
//
Phrase, Verb
backbone
/x
Noun
backcountry
//x
Noun
backdrop
/x
Noun, Verb
backed
/
Adjective
backend
x/
Noun
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
backhand
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
backseat
x/
Noun, Verb
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective
backtrack
/x
Verb, Noun
backup
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
backward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
backyard
/x
Noun
ball
/
Noun, Verb
band
/
Noun, Verb
bang
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
barn
/
Noun, Verb
baseball
//
Noun
bash
/
Noun, Verb
batter
/x
Noun, Verb
beach
/
Noun, Verb
beak
/
Noun, Verb
before
x/
Adverb
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
believe
x/
Verb
belly
/x
Noun, Verb
bench
/
Noun, Verb
bentley
/x
Name
binding
/x
Noun, Adjective
blackout
/x
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
body
/x
Noun, Verb
bombard
x/
Verb, Noun
bone
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
boost
/
Verb, Noun
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bottom out
/x/
Phrase, Verb
bowling
/x
Noun
boycott
/x
Noun, Verb
bricked
/
Verb, Adjective
bring
/
Verb
bring forward
//x
Phrase, Verb
broadside
/x
Noun, Adverb, Verb
build
/
Verb, Noun
bump
/
Noun, Verb
bump into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
bunt
/
Noun, Verb
busting
/x
Noun, Adjective
butt
/
Noun, Verb
campaign
x/
Noun, Verb
cancel
/x
Verb, Noun
cancellation
xx/x
Noun
cease
/
Verb, Noun
champion
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
chance on
//
Phrase, Verb
chest
/
Noun, Verb
chine
/
Noun, Verb
chop
/
Noun, Verb
clap
/
Noun, Verb
clash
/
Noun, Verb
clock
/
Noun, Verb
cloud
/
Noun, Verb
clout
/
Noun, Verb
cluttered
/x
Adjective
coast
/
Noun, Verb
coccyx
/x
Noun
coin
/
Noun, Verb
coinage
/x
Noun
collect
x/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun
come
/
Verb, Noun
come across
/x/
Phrase, Verb
come to
//
Phrase, Verb
come upon
/x/
Phrase, Verb
comeback
/x
Noun, Verb
commercial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
communist
/xx
Adjective, Noun
conclude
x/
Verb
confirm
x/
Verb, Adverb
contest
/x
Noun, Verb
contract
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
conversely
/xx
Adverb
conversion
x/x
Noun
copies
/x
Noun
coup
/
Noun, Verb
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
crack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
create
x/
Verb, Adjective
cut down
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
dab
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
decrease
x/
Noun, Verb
defense
x/
Noun, Verb
defensive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
dele
/x
Noun, Verb
delete
x/
Verb, Noun
dent
/
Noun, Verb
determine
x/x
Verb
develop
x/x
Verb
devise
x/
Verb, Noun
disassemble
xx/x
Verb
discover
x/x
Verb, Noun
dismantle
x/x
Verb
disturb
x/
Verb, Noun
door
/
Noun, Verb
dorsal
/x
Adjective, Noun
dorsum
/x
Noun
dos
/
Noun, Verb
dossier
x/
Noun
double up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
dual
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
earlier
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
encumber
x/x
Verb
end
/
Noun, Verb
endorse
x/
Verb, Noun
ensure
x/
Verb
erase
x/
Verb, Noun
establish
x/x
Verb
even
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
excise
x/
Noun, Verb
exercise
/xx
Noun, Verb