Reprisals in a sentence

In Palestine, violence erupted almost immediately, feeding into a spiral of reprisals and counter-reprisals.

The policy of holding hostages for possible reprisals was denounced by some defenders of the Commune, including Victor Hugo, in a poem entitled "No Reprisals" published in Brussels on 21 April.

A "culture of discrimination and inequality" goes unaddressed at a school for children with additional needs, where pupils "fear reprisals" from some senior staff if they report concerns, according to Ofsted inspectors.

An ambulance worker in Gaza City's Shejaiya district told Reuters that emergency crews were often unable to respond to calls from the wounded and that their teams came under Israeli fire, asking that his name not be printed for fear of reprisals.

Aside from the aforementioned reprisals, will also introduce several new faces to the MCU.

Despite risks of reprisals, a few months into the occupation, some teachers and parents tried to organize schooling under the Ukrainian curriculum.

Further attacks, and reprisals of the same degree, will lead to further loss of innocent life.

If it wasn’t for fear of American reprisals, their support for China and willingness to take its currency in payment would have already happened.

Israel’s reprisals against families and the community for actions they did not take constitutes collective punishment, which is considered a war crime.

One outlet Reuters spoke to, which asked not to be named for fear of reprisals, said it had done an investigation on the corridor, but did not feel safe to publish after Lopez's death.

Regardless of any deliberate attempts to mark him, it’s thought he could face reprisals from prisoners disgusted at his responsibility for the death of an innocent child.

Removing him would facilitate savage Radical Republican reprisals against the South that Lincoln had deflected.

She contends there was no retaliation then, but reprisals began three yeas later under a new principal.

The attack on Sunday prompted calls in Israel for the Israeli delegation to leave the conference early, and extremist settlers urged reprisals.

The official, who spoke condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals, said the hospital’s director had suspected that a nurse who was taking pictures of Aya was planning to kidnap her and kicked him out of the hospital.

The resident at Billing Aquadrome, who wishes to remain anonymous due to fears of reprisals, has slammed the park owners, Royale Resorts.

The story was based on two members of rival organised crime families who decided to get married resulting in rising tensions and reprisals.

Athletes and the handful of others who are allowed to travel outside of North Korea for fear of reprisals carried out on their families and even friends.

Clashes and reprisals have ravaged swathes of Myanmar and forced more than two million people to flee their homes, according to the UN.

Diplomatic efforts have intensified amid the risk of a wider war following killings, widely blamed on Israel, that sparked threats of reprisals from Iran and its allies.