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retaliative

adjective as in punitive

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adjective as in punitory

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They deplored incendiarism, machine destruction, and all the purely retaliative acts of the laborers.

The idea of retaliative measures was a product of the brain of Jeff Davis.

The most ancient punishment in English law was retaliative—membrum pro membro, but ultimately at common law fine and imprisonment.

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