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retaliation

noun as in vengeance

noun as in revenge

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She said she moved her family away from New York City fearing retaliation.

From BBC

Last month, a United Nations commission accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza in retaliation for the Hamas militant attacks that left 1,200 dead and 251 others kidnapped on Oct.

The 52-year-old doctor has lost count of the number of times he was displaced since the start of the war Israel launched in retaliation for the Hamas-led attacks of 7 October 2023.

From BBC

“Everyone receives soap, nobody is locked in cells all day, no one, in retaliation, is put in solitary confinement,” she said.

Retes said he never resisted, and now is being targeted for retaliation because he spoke out about an arrest he sees as unlawful.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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