Collocations for "retaliation"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "retaliation" in context.
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retaliation
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [brutal, violent, destructive] retaliation
- retaliation for the [attack, murder, crime]
- got his retaliation (by)
- in retaliation for the [breakup, rejection, refusal]
- in retaliation for [suggesting, saying, publishing, having, reporting]
- in retaliation for [burning, destroying, wiping out]
- [did, said] it in retaliation (for)
- seek retaliation [for, against]
- the [bombing, attack] was in retaliation (for)
- [opened fire, threw stones, launched missiles] in retaliation
- was [a trigger, an invitation] for retaliation
- the threat of [armed, nuclear, devastating] retaliation
- retaliation from [criminals, victims, an angry mob]
'retaliation' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):