retaliative

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Some of the retaliative measures employed were the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, the abridgment of the freedom of the press and the prohibition of elections.

From Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America by Burke, Edmund

But still I did not feel that anything was to be gained by retaliative abuse; and the truth about him, out of charity, I hesitated to tell.

From My Attainment of the Pole by Cook, Frederick A.

Mr. Leo looked very unhappy, and in the deplorable condition of a man who is consumed by the knowledge that he ought to be very angry and retaliative, and yet dares not.

From A Poached Peerage by Magnay, William

Rancour and rage and vindictiveness, and every passion awakened in the breasts of the strong by local insolence and legal injustice, is supplied by Bunyan with epithets of immense retaliative force.

From Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis by Davies, Charles Maurice

Moreover, could the authorities responsible for the peace of the border allow so flagrant an act of dacoity to pass without retaliative measures?

From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram