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- Dictionaryreprisal/rɪˈprʌɪzl/
noun
- 1. an act of retaliation: "three youths died in the reprisals which followed"
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Reprisal is an act of damage or injury against an enemy in reaction to an act of damage or injury done to you. Learn more about the meaning, pronunciation, synonyms and usage of reprisal with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
Reprisal is a noun that means a retaliatory act, the regaining of something, or something given or paid in restitution. It can also refer to the use of force short of war in international law or an act of getting back at someone.
Reprisal is a noun that means retaliation against an enemy, for injuries received, by the infliction of equal or greater injuries. It can also mean the forcible seizure of property or subjects in retaliation. See the origin, synonyms, and usage examples of reprisal.
noun. /rɪˈpraɪzl/ [countable, uncountable] a violent or aggressive act towards somebody because of something bad that they have done towards you synonym retaliation. They did not want to give evidence for fear of reprisals. in reprisal for something They shot ten hostages in reprisal for the assassination of their leader.
Reprisal is a noun that means an act of damage or injury against an enemy in reaction to an act of damage or injury done to you. Learn more about the meaning, usage and pronunciation of reprisal, and see examples and translations in different languages.
Reprisal means to hurt or punish someone because they have done something violent or unpleasant to you. Learn more about this word, its pronunciation, collocations, and translations in different languages.
Reprisal is a noun that means something violent or unpleasant that is done to punish an enemy for something they have done. Learn more about the word, its synonyms, and its usage in different languages.
