adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
action
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In fact, no retaliatory action was taken.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Will the government take retaliatory action?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Displays of retaliatory capability were a notable feature of the live-and-let-live system.
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On the pitch they were easy targets for unscrupulous defenders and were frequently cautioned for retaliatory violence.
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Some psychologists contend that even some forms of psychosis are retaliatory in nature.
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The malady is marked by nasty kicks, retaliatory shoves, hard words and worse.
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Then, Nutt the player appeared to make a retaliatory late tackle, and after being penalised was sent off for dissent.
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This retaliatory silence was apparently even harder to take than his outcries had been.
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Within twelve hours a retaliatory raid began.