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retaliation
What does retaliation mean?
retaliation (noun): violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use retaliation in a sentence?
- Retaliation is inevitable. (Tatoeba sentence #10255044 by AlanF_US, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce retaliation?
/ɹiˌtæliˈeɪʃən/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does retaliation come from?
From retaliate + -ion.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of retaliation?
Words related to retaliation
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “retaliation” mean?
a concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle
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a line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theater, vegetable plants in a garden, etc
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violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge
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the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
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Which word is closest in meaning to “retaliation”?
control
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revenge
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country
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company
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