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in retaliation
adjective as in punitive
Strongest matches
Strong match
adjective as in punitory
Example Sentences
The second was against linebacker Ale Kaho for pushing a Cornhuskers player in retaliation for a teammate getting shoved.
The suit alleges that the department’s captains moved him in retaliation for speaking up against Barnett’s homophobic comments.
The threat comes as Iran assesses whether and how to respond to Israel's attack last month, that Iran said killed four soldiers, which was in retaliation for an Iranian missile attack against Israel earlier in October.
He was speaking before Israel carried out strikes on Iran in retaliation for an Iranian missile attack earlier this month.
The Israeli armed forces have inflicted untold misery on the civilian population of Gaza in retaliation for the grotesque Hamas attacks of Oct.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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