retaliatory
adjective
done in order to take revenge; returning evil for evil.
retaliative
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a variation of
retaliatory.
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a word derived from
retaliate.
retaliateverb (used without object)to return like for like, especially evil for evil.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Leo looked very unhappy, and in the deplorable condition of a man who is consumed by the knowledge that he ought to be very angry and retaliative, and yet dares not.
From A Poached Peerage by William Magnay
These would seem to take it for granted that we shall fall short of victory, and hence that selfish retaliative or vindictive practices between nations, sanctioned by imperialism, will continue to flourish after the war.
From An essay on the American contribution and the democratic idea by Winston Churchill
Rancour and rage and vindictiveness, and every passion awakened in the breasts of the strong by local insolence and legal injustice, is supplied by Bunyan with epithets of immense retaliative force.
From Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis by Charles Maurice Davies
Moreover, could the authorities responsible for the peace of the border allow so flagrant an act of dacoity to pass without retaliative measures?
From The Heath Hover Mystery by Bertram Mitford
You would hear every by-end of retaliative and sniggered-over mythology, and in your present state of mind you would believe all of them.
From The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations by James Branch Cabell
