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retaliation

🇬🇧 UK/ri.tæli'eiʃәn/🇺🇸 US
GREC1

Definitions

n.

Action taken to harm someone in return for harm they have done; revenge

报复，报仇

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
reagain, back
+
talroot
+
iconnector
+
ationact, process, state
=retaliation

Common Collocations

  • 1.in retaliation for作为对……的报复
  • 2.fear of retaliation对报复的恐惧
  • 3.act of retaliation报复行为
  • 4.retaliation against对……的报复

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The employee feared retaliation after reporting her manager's misconduct.

  • 2.

    The airstrike was carried out in retaliation for the earlier bombing.

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