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retaliation

noun

NAmE//rɪˌtæliˈeɪʃn//

[uncountable] retaliation (against somebody/something) (for something)

action that a person takes against someone who has harmed them in some way synonym reprisal retaliation against U.N. workers The shooting may have been in retaliation for the arrest of the terrorist suspects.

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