An act or instance of retaliation for any (alleged) loss or injury; (International Law) a measure, such as a boycott or embargo, taken by one…
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释义 | society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > counter-attack or retaliation (5) reprisal1641 An act or instance of retaliation for any (alleged) loss or injury; (International Law) a measure, such as a boycott or embargo, taken by one… counter-offensive1909 An offensive (instead of a defensive) action undertaken in response to a prior attack. Also figurative and attributive or as adj. slap-back1931 A counter-attack, retaliation. massive retaliation1954 a military strategy (inaugurated in the United States in the 1950s) which uses the threat of a punitive response with nuclear weapons to deter… second strike1960 a second, retaliatory attack conducted with weapons designed to withstand an initial nuclear attack or first strike; frequently attributive. |
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