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retaliation

noun as in vengeance

noun as in revenge

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As Reuters notes, “Trump's overall tariff plans… would push U.S. import duties back up to 1930s levels, stoke inflation, collapse U.S.-China trade, draw retaliation, and drastically reorder supply chains.”

From Salon

The consent decree requires close monitoring of staff abuse and retaliation, medical care, the application of early release credits and the timely release of inmates to halfway houses.

They alleged that the fire was in retaliation for losing custody of his children after his sister called child protective services.

He warned Israel against attacking Iranian nuclear facilities, saying the consequences would be "very, very serious indeed" in terms of Tehran's retaliation and the potential spread of radiation.

From BBC

But the report stated not only was she not taken seriously, she became the victim of retaliation by medical colleagues and there was a missed opportunity to act on her concerns.

From BBC

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

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