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Retaliatory

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Relating to or part of a retaliation.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Tending to, or involving, retaliation; retaliative; as retaliatory measures.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Pertaining to or of the nature of retaliation.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. of or relating to or having the nature of retribution

Word Usage

"Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, warned that Russia could take what he called retaliatory steps if the United States were to go forward with its missile shield plan in Europe."

Equivalent

punitive punitory

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

retaliative vengeful punitive retributive

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

punitive preemptive bush-style horse-stealing retributive