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Meanings of reprisal in English
Action taken to respond to an insult, injury or other wrong by trying to harm its perpetrator.
Synonyms
Examples for "revenge"
Examples for "revenge"
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Ten years roll by, and Butler's revenge-minded victim is ready for action.
2
The sole business of Lovat was personal aggrandizement; revenge was his amusement.
3
Bitterly mourned the king in spite of the richness of his revenge.
4
This was in truth the revenge of the feudal system upon Pharaoh.
5
They take revenge for our sensuality; they catch us in their nets.
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Photograph: HBO Far more effective, then, to try a bit of vengeance.
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Ender, however, was trying to figure out a way to forestall vengeance.
3
The government said on Tuesday it had no desire for extra-judicial vengeance.
4
Mercy and vengeance are in the balance, and Molly holds the scales.
5
Crime prevailed; cupidity and vengeance were the guiding principles of the chieftains.
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Yet threats of retaliation underscore the weak legal case of opposed countries.
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So far India has focused on retaliation by economic and diplomatic means.
3
Officials believe the attack could have been retaliation for police counternarcotics operations.
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The family refused to reveal their family name for fear of retaliation.
5
Hardly to the point of war, but possibly to that of retaliation.
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The days when the reports arrived became days of retribution for Paulo.
2
Another source of fear: retribution for being anything less than perfectly available.
3
Law enforcement agencies and political figureheads slammed the lawlessness and promised retribution.
4
The movie also shines a light on animal abuse, and karmic retribution.
5
Tell us that this isn't retribution for what happened in New Delhi.
Usage of reprisal in English
1
Large blasts sometimes set off reprisal attacks against the minority Sunni community.
2
Then I presume this confiscation is in the nature of a reprisal.
3
I was glad to oblige, relieved to be momentarily free of reprisal.
4
Now was not the time for petty acts of reprisal, he thought.
5
His hosts, therefore, remained ignorant of the cause of this terrible reprisal.
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Thus began a round of reprisal killings that took five more lives.
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The phrase kept running through his head: What would be the reprisal?
8
This was in reprisal for Aboriginal people killing cattle on the run.
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So far, China hasn't mentioned iron ore as a potential target for reprisal.
10
An attack on either Modi or Gandhi could spark waves of reprisal violence.
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The measures announced by the President constitute, in the main, reprisal.
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The soldiers wish to give evidence by video because they fear reprisal attacks.
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His supporters will be the targets and there would certainly be reprisal attacks.
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Team officials feared reprisal actions could be taken against them if they remained.
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It's hard to come forward because of the fear of reprisal and retribution.
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Abuses during Seleka's nine-month rule triggered reprisal killings by local militia.
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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