Thesaurus / retort
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Last week, The Lancet published a retort from a team led by Temple University biologist Enrico Bucci.
HOW AMERICA COULD BE HELPING COVID RAVAGE THE WORLDDAVID AXEMAY 21, 2021THE DAILY BEASTWhen the body goes into the retort, the first thing to burn is its cardboard box, or “alternative container” as it’s called on the funeral bill.
HOW TO BE BETTER AT DEATH (EP. 450)MARIA KONNIKOVAFEBRUARY 4, 2021FREAKONOMICSMy grandfather’s witty retort kept coming to mind this year.
TALLYING UP A YEAR OF LOSS: A LOT OF POUNDS, TOO MANY LOVED ONES, COUNTLESS CONNECTIONSJERRY BREWERDECEMBER 27, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThere is nothing like a plaintive retort when your case is utterly indefensible.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSIn conversing with foreigners, if they speak slightingly of the manners of your country, do not retort rudely, or resentfully.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEYProbably he lays hold of the elements of experience and casts them into a seeming retort of reveries.
REPERTORY OF THE COMEDIE HUMAINE, COMPLETE, A -- ZANATOLE CERFBERR AND JULES FRANOIS CHRISTOPHEThe whole mass is then transferred to a retort and distilled over a slow fire.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFER"But my rings always make tusks more beautiful," was his retort.
KARI THE ELEPHANTDHAN GOPAL MUKERJIWomen accuse men of being inconstant, and men retort that women are fickle.
THE 'CHARACTERS' OF JEAN DE LA BRUYREJEAN DE LA BRUYREShe had expected a retort in kind, and it startled her to hear her exclamation sounding on through silence.
SUMMEREDITH WHARTONWORDS RELATED TO RETORT
- avenge
- be out for blood
- defend
- even the score
- fight back
- fix
- fix one's wagon
- get
- get back at
- get even
- give comeuppance
- give just desserts
- hit back
- justify
- kick back
- make reprisal
- match
- pay back
- pay back in spades
- pay off
- punish
- reciprocate
- redress
- repay
- requite
- retort
- return
- return the compliment
- score
- settle up
- settle with
- square
- stick it to
- take an eye for an eye
- turn the tables on
- venge
- vindicate
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