reprisal
Example Sentences
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The pair previously appeared in the 2018 thriller "Reprisal."
From Fox News • May 12, 2020
To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
From Salon • Jul. 4, 2017
Reprisal attacks and provocations exist on both sides.
From The Guardian • Jan. 3, 2017
Reprisal born of optical reflex may work out this time in Iraq and Syria, but if it does it would be a rare thing.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 9, 2014
On the way the Reprisal was chased by a British warship, and Wickes only saved himself from capture by throwing his guns overboard.
From This Country of Ours by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)
Vocabulary lists containing reprisal
The Constitution of the United States
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 8–13
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Vocabulary from The Articles of Confederation
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