Reprisal is an English word with synonyms like retaliation or revenge. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Reprisal meaning
- An act of retaliation.
- Something taken from an enemy in retaliation.
- The act of taking something from an enemy by way of retaliation or indemnity.
Synonyms of Reprisal
Using Reprisal
- The main meaning on this page is: An act of retaliation. | Something taken from an enemy in retaliation. | The act of taking something from an enemy by way of retaliation or indemnity.
- Useful related words include: retaliation, revenge.
- In the example corpus, reprisal often appears in combinations such as: of reprisal, reprisal attacks, reprisal for.
Context around Reprisal
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 7 middle, 12 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Reprisal
- In this selection, "reprisal" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, conduct, possible, government, attacks, take and operations stand out and add context to how "reprisal" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include fear of reprisal and a potential reprisal strike from. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "reprisal" sits close to words such as antrim, argus and auspicious, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with reprisal
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He believes that his brother’s death sentence was a reprisal for his activism. (14 words)
Seventeen of their fighters were killed in recent reprisal strikes, according to the insurgents. (14 words)
How in the world would that apply to October 7 as a reprisal for Soleimani? (15 words)
Superintendent Beresford Williams, commander for the Kingston Central division, said the dead men were part of a criminal gang known as Taliban, and confirmed that they had gone to “carry out a reprisal for a murder on Friday (May 3)”. (40 words)
A "letter of marque and reprisal" would include permission to cross an international border to effect a reprisal (take some action against an attack or injury) authorized by an issuing jurisdiction to conduct reprisal operations outside its borders. (38 words)
The teenager acquitted of killing a man at the Weston Creek skatepark has had a charge alleging he committed a reprisal attack against a witness in his murder trial sent back to a lower court. (35 words)
How in the world would that apply to October 7 as a reprisal for Soleimani? (15 words)
Example sentences (20)
A "letter of marque and reprisal" would include permission to cross an international border to effect a reprisal (take some action against an attack or injury) authorized by an issuing jurisdiction to conduct reprisal operations outside its borders.
But because Hradek’s intolerance for Provorov’s intolerance comes from the launching pad of perceived political correctness, he’s allowed to spit whatever hot take he wants without reprisal, I suppose.
He believes that his brother’s death sentence was a reprisal for his activism.
How in the world would that apply to October 7 as a reprisal for Soleimani?
Israeli daily Israel Hayom reported on Friday that Israeli security bodies raised alert level over concerns that Palestinian resistance groups would carry out reprisal attacks against the occupation.
Often they are granted anonymity to protect their identity so they can speak freely about subjects they are either not authorized to talk about or they want to avoid possible reprisal.
The main difference: They can go after DeSantis without fear of reprisal from Trump or his supporters.
The situation degenerated as natives carried out reprisal attacks resulting in the death of the suspected operator and burning of some commercial tricycles in the area.
The teenager acquitted of killing a man at the Weston Creek skatepark has had a charge alleging he committed a reprisal attack against a witness in his murder trial sent back to a lower court.
Zamora has acknowledged that he tried to mask the identity of his funders to protect them from government reprisal.
According to a local resident, Sani Musa, the explosive was part of the bandits’ strategy to launch a reprisal on Unguwar Yargaladima village.
Currently, migrants showing up at the border and seeking to claim asylum only need to assert that they have a "credible fear" of reprisal in their home country.
Detectives believe Louis was mistakenly gunned down in an 'act of reprisal' after the murder of Halton McCollin, 20 who was shot dead ten days earlier as he queued for a takeaway meal.
He emphasized the need for religious leaders to refrain from preaching hate, which can incite reprisal attacks and further escalate tensions.
Many Jews have removed mezuzahs - the small Torah scrolls - from their doorposts, or they have covered them with duct tape out of fear of reprisal.
Residents who agreed to be interviewed asked that their full names not be used for fear of reprisal.
Robot" to "Only Murders in the Building" to the "X-Files" reprisal, it's turned out that audiences really love an episode that gives them no choice but to sit up and pay attention.
Seventeen of their fighters were killed in recent reprisal strikes, according to the insurgents.
Superintendent Beresford Williams, commander for the Kingston Central division, said the dead men were part of a criminal gang known as Taliban, and confirmed that they had gone to “carry out a reprisal for a murder on Friday (May 3)”.
That’s raised concerns that any wider conflict in the sea—or a potential reprisal strike from Western forces—could reignite those tensions in the Arab world’s poorest nation.
Common combinations with reprisal
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of reprisal 23×
- reprisal attacks 14×
- reprisal for 11×
- in reprisal 11×
- out reprisal 8×
- reprisal from 8×
- reprisal attack 8×
- without reprisal 6×
- and reprisal 5×
- reprisal and 5×