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Significados de reprisal em inglês

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Action taken to respond to an insult, injury or other wrong by trying to harm its perpetrator.

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Examples for "revenge"
Examples for "revenge"
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Ten years roll by, and Butler's revenge-minded victim is ready for action.
Reuters
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The sole business of Lovat was personal aggrandizement; revenge was his amusement.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume II.
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Bitterly mourned the king in spite of the richness of his revenge.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3
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This was in truth the revenge of the feudal system upon Pharaoh.
History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume...
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They take revenge for our sensuality; they catch us in their nets.
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories
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Photograph: HBO Far more effective, then, to try a bit of vengeance.
The Guardian
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Ender, however, was trying to figure out a way to forestall vengeance.
Ender’s Game
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The government said on Tuesday it had no desire for extra-judicial vengeance.
Reuters
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Mercy and vengeance are in the balance, and Molly holds the scales.
Molly Bawn
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Crime prevailed; cupidity and vengeance were the guiding principles of the chieftains.
Simón Bolívar (The Liberator) / Patriot, Warrior, Statesman, Fat...
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Yet threats of retaliation underscore the weak legal case of opposed countries.
Reuters
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So far India has focused on retaliation by economic and diplomatic means.
Radio NZ
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Officials believe the attack could have been retaliation for police counternarcotics operations.
Reuters
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The family refused to reveal their family name for fear of retaliation.
Reuters
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Hardly to the point of war, but possibly to that of retaliation.
The Great Book of Amber
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The days when the reports arrived became days of retribution for Paulo.
A warrior's life: a biography of paulo coelho
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Another source of fear: retribution for being anything less than perfectly available.
The Guardian
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Law enforcement agencies and political figureheads slammed the lawlessness and promised retribution.
The South African
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The movie also shines a light on animal abuse, and karmic retribution.
Reuters
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Tell us that this isn't retribution for what happened in New Delhi.
The Guardian
Uso de reprisal em inglês
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Large blasts sometimes set off reprisal attacks against the minority Sunni community.
Reuters
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Then I presume this confiscation is in the nature of a reprisal.
Heart of the Sunset
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I was glad to oblige, relieved to be momentarily free of reprisal.
Repo men
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Now was not the time for petty acts of reprisal, he thought.
Future Lovecraft
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His hosts, therefore, remained ignorant of the cause of this terrible reprisal.
The Tiger Hunter
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Thus began a round of reprisal killings that took five more lives.
Acts of faith
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The phrase kept running through his head: What would be the reprisal?
Parrot & Co.
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This was in reprisal for Aboriginal people killing cattle on the run.
News.com.au
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So far, China hasn't mentioned iron ore as a potential target for reprisal.
Reuters
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An attack on either Modi or Gandhi could spark waves of reprisal violence.
Reuters
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The measures announced by the President constitute, in the main, reprisal.
The new yorker
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The soldiers wish to give evidence by video because they fear reprisal attacks.
The Irish Times
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His supporters will be the targets and there would certainly be reprisal attacks.
The South African
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Team officials feared reprisal actions could be taken against them if they remained.
The Guardian
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It's hard to come forward because of the fear of reprisal and retribution.
Wired
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Abuses during Seleka's nine-month rule triggered reprisal killings by local militia.
Reuters
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