Explore Retaliation through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like revenge or return. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Retaliation meaning
Violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge.
Using Retaliation
- The main meaning on this page is: Violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge.
- Useful related words include: revenge, return, paying back, getting even.
- In the example corpus, retaliation often appears in combinations such as: in retaliation, retaliation for, of retaliation.
Context around Retaliation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Retaliation
- In this selection, "retaliation" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, prohibited, apparent, nuclear, threats and now stand out and add context to how "retaliation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include afraid of retaliation for putting and as his retaliation. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "retaliation" sits close to words such as abraham, awkward and bleeding, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with retaliation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Can you tell the listeners some of the retaliation that you faced? (12 words)
Prohibited retaliation against anyone who reports or complains of retaliation in good faith. (13 words)
A similar number of Palestinians have also died since Tel Aviv began its retaliation. (14 words)
Disrespect, whether it comes from being cut off in traffic or being asked to leave a party, demands retaliation, for young men who conceive of every social interaction as either a challenge to, or affirmation of, their social status. (39 words)
Both grew up in India’s western state of Gujarat, where Modi became chief minister in 2001 just months before the torrid anti-Muslim pogrom — two months of violent, bloody retaliation in the region from Hindu mobs. (37 words)
A former administrator at the West Valley Water District in Rialto alleges in a lawsuit that he was fired in retaliation for complaining about misconduct and malfeasance, including death threats and coercion by board directors. (35 words)
Can you tell the listeners some of the retaliation that you faced? (12 words)
Example sentences (20)
Prohibited retaliation against anyone who reports or complains of retaliation in good faith.
Retaliation Threats of retaliation by other countries began long before the bill was enacted into law in June 1930.
A former administrator at the West Valley Water District in Rialto alleges in a lawsuit that he was fired in retaliation for complaining about misconduct and malfeasance, including death threats and coercion by board directors.
After a pair of Palestinian gunmen fatally shot four Israelis last week, some 400 armed Jewish settlers torched cars, homes and orchards in the West Bank town of Turmus Aya in apparent retaliation.
And that vulnerability raises a question, long familiar to European allies, about whether the U.S. would be willing to sacrifice Seattle to save Seoul when faced with the prospect of nuclear retaliation.
And there are also reports that locals are trying to spoil tourists' views in retaliation by hanging sheets in their gardens.
An estimated 700 Greek males were executed by German troops and the entire town was burnt to the ground, in retaliation for the execution of nearly 80 Nazi soldiers by resistance fighters.
A similar number of Palestinians have also died since Tel Aviv began its retaliation.
As Russian artillery rained around him in retaliation, the man was urged to climb out of the trench and onto open terrain to be escorted by the Ukranian drone.
As the plane crossed over into Arab airspace, with the threat of violent retaliation now absent for the first time, O’Brien said the emotions were palpable.
At the time of Valentine’s trial in 1994, prosecutor Michael Pepper argued that Higgins and Coleman were recanting their accusations only because they were afraid of retaliation for putting Valentine behind bars.
Both grew up in India’s western state of Gujarat, where Modi became chief minister in 2001 just months before the torrid anti-Muslim pogrom — two months of violent, bloody retaliation in the region from Hindu mobs.
Brussels has agreed in turn that it will scrap its legal action against the UK, launched in retaliation over the former prime minister’s Northern Ireland Protocol Bill.
But going public with his allegations resulted in “very brutal” retaliation by his colleagues against him, Grusch said.
Can you tell the listeners some of the retaliation that you faced?
Disney sued Florida, accusing DeSantis of orchestrating a “targeted campaign of government retaliation” that now threatens the company’s business.
Disrespect, whether it comes from being cut off in traffic or being asked to leave a party, demands retaliation, for young men who conceive of every social interaction as either a challenge to, or affirmation of, their social status.
Emily Ficklin Bowman, 42, of Spanish Fork, was charged Tuesday in 4th District Court with retaliation against a witness or victim, a third-degree felony.
Even if such an operation were successful, it would risk triggering Iranian retaliation against neighboring countries aligned with the US, according to Al-Monitor's sources.
Freedom fighter Udham Singh, who was among those who were injured in the massacre, assasinated Michael O’Dwyer, the then lieutenant-governor of Punjab and belligerent apologist for Reginald Dyer, as his retaliation.
Common combinations with retaliation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in retaliation 64×
- retaliation for 60×
- of retaliation 25×
- retaliation against 16×
- retaliation and 8×
- as retaliation 8×
- retaliation from 8×
- retaliation to 7×
- and retaliation 7×
- retaliation by 6×