If you take ~ action, you try to harm or annoy someone who has harmed or annoyed you. (FORMAL)
There’s been talk of a ~ blockade to prevent supplies getting through.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
If you take ~ action, you try to harm or annoy someone who has harmed or annoyed you. (FORMAL)
There’s been talk of a ~ blockade to prevent supplies getting through.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012