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Значения термина reprisal на английском

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

Использование термина reprisal на английском
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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
5
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
Об этом термине
Больше словосочетаний
Reprisal через время
Reprisal в диалектах
Соединенные Штаты Америки
Частое
Великобритания
Частое