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n. Retaliation for an injury with the intent of inflicting at least as much injury in return.

n. Forcible seizure of an enemy's goods or subjects in retaliation for injuries inflicted.

n. The practice of using political or military force without actually resorting to war.

n. act of retaliation

n. The act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity.

n. Anything taken from an enemy in retaliation.

n. The act of retorting on an enemy by inflicting suffering or death on a prisoner taken from him, in retaliation for an act of inhumanity.

n. Any act of retaliation.

n. In international law:

n. The act of retorting on an enemy by inflicting suffering or death on a prisoner taken from him, in retaliation of an act of inhumanity.

n. Any taking by way of retaliation; an act of severity done in retaliation.

n. Same as recaption.

n. A prize.

n. A restitution.

n. =Syn. 1–3. Retribution, Retaliation, etc. See revenge.

n. a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime

"But now, without any provocation, and without the justification of reprisal or retaliation, a refusal to outlaw the use of the bomb save in reprisal is making a political purpose of its possession; this is hardly pardonable."

retaliation    revenge   

special reprisal    general reprisal    negative reprisal    letters of marque and reprisal    extraordinary reprisal   

retaliation    revenge   

retaliation    retribution    coercion    massacre    persecution    bloodshed    spoliation    vengeance    aggression    intimidation