RETALIATORY


Meaning of RETALIATORY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪtæliətəri, AM -tɔ:ri ]

If you take retaliatory action, you try to harm or annoy someone who has harmed or annoyed you. ( FORMAL )

There’s been talk of a retaliatory blockade to prevent supplies getting through.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

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