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reprisal

noun as in revenge

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Though the film received rave reviews at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival last January, global streamers passed on acquiring it, possibly because they feared reprisals from Mohammed’s government.

ESPN obtained the messages in 2017 but did not report the story because the woman, who is not from the United States and is not fluent in English, feared reprisal from Porter.

Thirty other Ugandan humanist groups backed the letter, although some refused to be named due to fears of reprisal.

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Another worried about potential reprisals from EA in the future.

“A source close to the Gómez campaign, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisal, tells JI that Justice Democrats is no longer actively fundraising for Gómez because of disagreements over Israel,” reported the outlet.

Declining to use his real name out of fear of reprisal, Ibrahim describes a dark and gruesome odyssey.

The young Syrian-Palestinian cartoonist extends a vital tradition—but one where reprisal can mean violence death.

The attack was allegedly meant to serve as a reprisal for American participation in Operation Restore Hope in Somalia.

Only … in Russia, those qualities in a journalist marked a man for savage reprisal rather.

Every new attack invites a fresh reprisal of often disproportionate intensity.

The Council of Caledonia, in great indignation, issued letters of mark and reprisal against Spanish vessels.

Cousin would have tried a shot at the renegade if not for fear of instant reprisal on the girl.

Despite the justice of the reprisal, it went against his nature to kill an unarmed enemy.

In accordance with their usual practice, they claimed that the British used the gas first, and that they used it only in reprisal.

It was by way of reprisal that the Germans destroyed the chateau of the district, which belonged to me.

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On this page you'll find 35 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to reprisal, such as: retaliation, retribution, vengeance, counterblow, requital, and avengement.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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