retaliatory in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for retaliatory in the English»French Dictionary

retaliatory [Brit rɪˈtalɪətri, Am rəˈtæliəˌtɔri] ADJ

retaliatory (violent)

de représailles

retaliatory (nonviolent)

de rétorsion

Translations for retaliatory in the French»English Dictionary

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mesure de rétorsion

retaliatory measure

retaliatory in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for retaliatory in the English»French Dictionary

retaliatory [rɪˈtælɪətrɪ, Am -tɔ:rɪ] ADJ

retaliatory

de rétorsion

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Critics will often circulate horror stories about plant closures and retaliatory firings to discourage union activity and uptake among the workers.

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In most cases, government forces initiated the violence by opening fire on unarmed protestors, often spawning retaliatory attacks.

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The smaller retaliatory strike is then more easily destroyed by the defence system than a full attack would be.

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The employee may not have the opportunity to engage in retaliatory behavior towards the specific supervisor, or may fear doing so.

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However, international capital market may still take a number of retaliatory actions to penalize defaulting debtors.

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Insulting or berating a partner may provoke retaliatory responses.

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Retributive justice, meaning retaliatory force, is often a component of the contracts imagined for an anarcho-capitalist society.

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Such force must be used only until it was evident that the immediate aim is being achieved, and must in no way be retaliatory.

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A retaliatory party "was organized among all" (the) "settlers and their employees, and they set out on their mission of revenge".

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The following afternoon the enemy lost over 50 planes in a retaliatory strike against the retiring ships.

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