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"Sharp comeback"2 answers
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Filled answer is this word (RETORT).
Definitions
A quick or sharp reply.
Word origin
From Middle English retorte, from Latin retortus, from retorquēre (“to be forced to twist back”).
Used in a sentence
“He countered her insult with a clever retort.”
““It is a pity,” he retorted with aggravating meekness, “that they do not use a little common sense. The case resembles that of Columbus' egg, and is every bit as simple.[…]””
“to retort the charge of vanity”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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