striking back

Local officials are striking back against Gul with their own version of events.

Al Qaeda has a proven track record of going to ground when cornered and then striking back when attention shifts elsewhere.

Their anger was impotent because, in the case of Everett, the weapons used by their class in "striking back" were denied them.

Then Norris and Marat conferred, and decided that the enemy must be in a state beyond all power of striking back.

The snake coiled like a flash and striking back, sunk his fangs in the stick within a foot of the hand of the boy.

No enemy ever caught him unawares, and he never let slip an opportunity of striking back.

The offensive was begun, the time for striking back had come, and every column resounded with marching choruses.