strike back vs sympathize

strike back

verb
  • To respond to an attack by attacking one's opponent or opponents. 

  • To leave or set out (in a particular direction, often to where one has been). 

sympathize

verb
  • To support, favour, have sympathy (with a political cause or movement, a side in a conflict / in an action). 

  • To agree; to be in accord; to harmonize. 

  • To have a common feeling, as of bodily pleasure or pain. 

  • To have, show or express sympathy; to be affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected. 

  • To say in an expression of sympathy. 

How often have the words strike back and sympathize occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )