Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or an instance of retaliating for a loss or injury.
- noun The act or practice of forcibly seizing an enemy's goods or citizens in retaliation for a loss or injury inflicted.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In international law:
- noun The act of retorting on an enemy by inflicting suffering or death on a prisoner taken from him, in retaliation of an act of inhumanity.
- noun Any taking by way of retaliation; an act of severity done in retaliation.
- noun Same as
recaption . - noun A prize.
- noun A restitution.
- noun =Syn. 1–3. Retribution, Retaliation, etc. See
revenge .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity.
- noun Anything taken from an enemy in retaliation.
- noun The act of retorting on an enemy by inflicting suffering or death on a prisoner taken from him, in retaliation for an act of inhumanity.
- noun Any act of retaliation.
- noun See under
Marque .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun act of
retaliation
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But now, without any provocation, and without the justification of reprisal or retaliation, a refusal to outlaw the use of the bomb save in reprisal is making a political purpose of its possession; this is hardly pardonable.
Atomic War or Peace 1969
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But now, without any provocation, and without the justification of reprisal or retaliation, a refusal to outlaw the use of the bomb save in reprisal is making a political purpose of its possession; this is hardly pardonable.
Atomic War or Peace 1947
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But now, without any provocation, and without the justification of reprisal or retaliation, a refusal to outlaw the use of the bomb save in reprisal is making a political purpose of its possession; this is hardly pardonable.
Atomic War or Peace 1947
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Among them was the Popular Resistance Committees, the group Israel almost immediately blamed for the attack, and promptly launched what it called a reprisal strike.
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Among them was the Popular Resistance Committees, the group Israel almost immediately blamed for the attack, and promptly launched what it called a reprisal strike.
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Jones has said Jesus would approve of his plan for "Burn a Koran Day," which he called a reprisal for Islamist terrorism.
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Amnesty International blamed "the negligence of state and federal authorities" for what it called reprisal attacks against activists and relatives of crime victims.
latimes.com - News 2010
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Amnesty International blamed "the negligence of state and federal authorities" for what it called reprisal attacks against activists and relatives of crime victims.
latimes.com - News 2010
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Jones says Jesus would approve of his plan for "Burn a Koran Day," which he calls a reprisal for Islamist terrorism.
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Church officials say they have 200 copies of the Koran and Jones says Jesus would approve of his plan for "Burn a Koran Day," which he calls a reprisal for Islamist terrorism.
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