retaliation

retaliation
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ massive
▪ brutal, violent
▪ physical
▪ swift
▪ immediate, instant
▪ possible
▪

contingency plans to deter possible nuclear retaliation

▪ economic, trade
▪ military
▪ nuclear
VERB + RETALIATION
▪ invite, prompt, provoke, trigger
▪

a casual remark that brought swift retaliation from her boyfriend

▪ face
▪

She may face retaliation for speaking out.

▪ suffer
▪

He knows he will suffer retaliation.

▪ threaten
▪ fear
PREPOSITION
▪ in retaliation
▪

He never said a single word in retaliation.

▪ in retaliation for
▪

They killed two men in retaliation for a bomb attack the previous day.

▪ retaliation against
▪

Retaliation against government troops is feared.

▪ retaliation by, retaliation from
▪

the possibility of retaliation by other governments

▪ retaliation for
▪

retaliation for the bombing of civilians

PHRASES
▪ an act of retaliation
▪ retaliation in kind
▪

They decided not to use chemical weapons as retaliation in kind.


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