retaliation

How To Use retaliation In A Sentence

• They are a legitimate use of force insofar as they are used in defense and retaliation against foreign aggression.
• Well, how about a forested planet with the deeply "connected" natives, a human military raid on a huge tree-city and a subsequent retaliation of natives ... some scenes seem incredibly familiar, even though Le Guin plot is markedly deeper and more sophisticated. 10 Possible Sources of "Avatar" in Classic Science Fiction
• I believe this is in retaliation for all the nescient liturgical nonsense that I've been trying to ingest the past few days. Chewing on clouds
• Without warning his right hand swiped in retaliation at her mouth, splitting her lip.
• No consideration was given to the fact that most Apache hostilities were self-defense or retaliation, and that they'd first been raided by the New Mexicans.
• In a message posted on the Boston police department's website, the group said that the site had been attacked several months ago and that hundreds of passwords were released in retaliation for what they called brutality against Occupy Boston. The Seattle Times
• The Yellow Emperor speaks of revengeful retaliation.
• Furthermore, if the moneymen in Beijing, Tokyo, Berlin, and the other nations currently running trade surpluses against the U.S. start to ponder exaggerated retaliation against the U.S., they will soon discover the advantage is with us, not them. Ian Fletcher: Why Donald Trump Is Right on Trade
• Wait until you lose no loss to know what lives in retaliation.
• And the rising sun met the falling star and flashed into coruscant life, a roaring tide of fiery might that batted away cold beams and sent an incandescent lance of godly light in retaliation.