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UK
/ɹɪpəkˈʌʃən/
]
[ US /ˌɹipɝˈkəʃən, ˌɹipɹəˈkəʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌɹipɝˈkəʃən, ˌɹipɹəˈkəʃən/ ]
NOUN
- a movement back from an impact
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a remote or indirect consequence of some action
reverberations of the market crash were felt years later
his declaration had unforeseen repercussions
How To Use repercussion In A Sentence
- When things are going on that have a strong vibration -- what foreign correspondents love to call a "repercussion" -- they cause a good deal of mind-quaking. Mince Pie
- I urge students not only to vote in this referendum, but also to examine critically apparent motivations and unapparent repercussions of eliminating the WPIRG levy.
- He said he hoped the government's measure to cap fuel prices should not last too long because it could have repercussions in the long run.
- The sorry repercussions of embracing superhumanism-a new absolutistic faith - are everywhere to be seen. He who says speciesism says fascism-
- Saturated fats have been shown to have health repercussions, too, but are naturally occurring in such foods as meat, eggs and dairy.
- That, to me is the longer term repercussion of the accident and while I think that's worth something, I really don't know how much. The Tech Report: News
- No, you will likely face serious repercussion from the sovereign of that nation. The Volokh Conspiracy » Defamation by Government Still Political Question
- The pay cuts are likely to have serious repercussions on productivity.
- Phil felt all of sixteen again and remembered as if it were yesterday the repercussions of her aftergame tryst with Kyle Thompson under the bleachers. Good Girl Gone Bad
- Any decrease in tourism could have serious repercussions for the local economy.