noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
fear
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Business as usual was good for many; others feared reprisals from white bosses if they got too political.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Demonstrators surged through the capital city yesterday, ignoring threats of reprisals from the government.
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His murder was a reprisal for an injury to a rival gang member.
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Some people will not report attacks to the police for fear of reprisals.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A reprisal for her unwillingness to co-operate last night?
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Between 1953 and 1955, the United States could have effectively destroyed the Soviet Union with little likelihood of serious reprisal .
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Business as usual was good for many; others feared reprisals from white bosses if they got too political.
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Even though they were alive, my parents were afraid to write to them for fear of further reprisals against them.
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He'd lost a cousin and some good friends in these reprisals.
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In the distance smoke rose over the old city, where Hindu mobs were massacring Sikhs in reprisal for Indira's assassination.
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It was claimed that it made rural communities vulnerable to guerrilla reprisals.