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单词 retaliatory
释义
retaliatoryre‧tal‧i‧a‧to‧ry /rɪˈtæliətəri $ -tɔːri/ adjective [usually before noun] formal Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Will the government take retaliatory action?
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Displays of retaliatory capability were a notable feature of the live-and-let-live system.
  • On the pitch they were easy targets for unscrupulous defenders and were frequently cautioned for retaliatory violence.
  • Some psychologists contend that even some forms of psychosis are retaliatory in nature.
  • The malady is marked by nasty kicks, retaliatory shoves, hard words and worse.
  • Then, Nutt the player appeared to make a retaliatory late tackle, and after being penalised was sent off for dissent.
  • This retaliatory silence was apparently even harder to take than his outcries had been.
  • Within twelve hours a retaliatory raid began.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· In fact, no retaliatory action was taken.
done against someone because they have harmed you:  a retaliatory attack
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