retaliation in the PONS Dictionary

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In retaliation, he quenches all the festival bonfires and denounces the people as philistines.
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If the boy was a thief, this would explain but not excuse the man's behaviour as retaliation or revenge.
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As a result, multimarket competitors may hesitate to attack in one market for fear of retaliation in other markets.
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When the burghers couldn't find the scholar, they hanged three of his friends in retaliation for his crime.
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A hostile work environment may also be created when management acts in a manner designed to make an employee quit in retaliation for some action.
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They feared quick retaliation and swift retribution against the separatists.
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In retaliation, the company distributed its own strike ballots and claimed that it alone could speak for workers.
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The law prohibits retaliation against strikers, and the government effectively enforced the law.
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The school district's website was brought down in retaliation for the program.
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There used to be a tradition of retaliation for old headhunts, which kept the practice alive.
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