noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
divine
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The Four Horse Men of the Apocalypse apparently felt it inappropriate to arrive as a messenger of divine retribution .
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It is, I suppose, divine retribution for the treatment your whiteness receives in certain doctors' surgeries.
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Another piece of divine retribution for all those hours spent ticking others off came relatively recently.
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If California fell into the ocean, would it be divine retribution for making movies like this?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Employees need to be able to express their feelings without fear of retribution .
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Some officials felt that the bombings were retribution for the killing of the hijackers.
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The earthquake was seen by some people as divine retribution .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An outraged public demanded swift justice and retribution .
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For Mankins, seeing Harris die was simple retribution for a heinous crime.
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If California fell into the ocean, would it be divine retribution for making movies like this?
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It carried with it, implicitly, the threat of extreme retribution .
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The child who has been bumped typically views the act as intentional and worthy of appropriate retribution .
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The Justice Model's philosophy consequently relied heavily on retribution as at least a partial justification for punishment.
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There were few things more calculated to endear a prince to his subjects than a display of stern retribution on unjust officials.