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Meanings of retaliation 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"
1
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.
1
Photograph: HBO Far more effective, then, to try a bit of vengeance.
2
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.
1
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.
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.
Usage of retaliation in English
1
Yet threats of retaliation underscore the weak legal case of opposed countries.
2
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.
4
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.
6
The statement led the United States to threaten Baghdad with military retaliation.
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He said there was concern a lack of details could prompt retaliation.
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Trump's comments appeared to increase the stakes for potential retaliation by China.
9
The imposition of trade barriers usually results in retaliation from other nations.
10
Were I to attack, the consequences could be grave, and retaliation immediate.
11
If it provokes swift retaliation, the gamble may fail with tragic consequences.
12
One retaliation leads to a counterretaliation, which leads to another, ad infinitum.
13
Within days, the international angst transfers from the provocation to the retaliation.
14
The forbidden month for the forbidden month, and forbidden things in retaliation.
15
Hence there arose in his breast a very natural desire for retaliation.
16
They don't want to feel retaliation of losing their job, Leroy added.
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Retaliation across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
Australia
Common
Ireland
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