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Words related to retort

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  • answer

    When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.

  • retortion

    retaliation or reprisal by one state identical or similar to an act by an offending state, such as high tariffs or discriminating duties.

  • squelch

    to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.

  • distillation

    the volatilization or evaporation and subsequent condensation of a liquid, as when water is boiled in a retort and the steam is condensed in a cool receiver.

  • parting shot

    a threat, insult, condemnation, sarcastic retort, or the like, uttered upon leaving.

  • pelican

    any of several large, totipalmate, fish-eating birds of the family Pelecanidae, having a large bill with a distensible pouch.
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