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View definitions for retaliatory

retaliatory

adjective as in punitive

adjective as in vengeful

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At her news conference Tuesday, Sheinbaum avoided direct criticism of Trump but warned of retaliatory levies by Mexico on U.S. products entering the Mexican market.

"The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation is in control of the situation and retaliatory measures are being prepared," the statement added.

From BBC

Israel carried out its retaliatory strike on Iran on 26 October, having spent weeks deciding how to respond to the missiles fired by Tehran on 1 October.

From BBC

Amid Trump’s first-term trade war with China, Beijing aimed retaliatory tariffs at California farmers; economists calculated that California growers of almonds, the state’s most valuable export crop, lost about $875 million.

U.S. liquified natural gas producers worry that retaliatory tariffs could hamper their business.

From Salon

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

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