retaliatory

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The temporary cease-fire agreement does not preclude possible retaliatory attacks later.
臨時(shí)?；饏f(xié)議不能防止以後發(fā)生報(bào)複性攻擊的可能性。
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In a separate dispatch, the agency said the military had ordered all personnel to be "fully combat ready" so that they could "deal merciless retaliatory blows" to the enemy.
在另外一份聲明中，官方媒躰說軍隊(duì)已經(jīng)受命所有人員進(jìn)入“完全戰(zhàn)鬭準(zhǔn)備”狀態(tài)，他們可以對敵人進(jìn)行“無情的報(bào)複打擊”。
The US warned Beijing against taking retaliatory action.
美國警告中國不要採取報(bào)複行動。

But recently there's been an increase of retaliatory attacks by people on the other side, including a slightly mysterious group called the Invisible Commandos who've been operating against Gbagbo."
The two countries, which have no diplomatic relations, have traded retaliatory warnings this week.
The World Food Program says it is concerned the assaults last Sunday in Jonglei State could cause retaliatory attacks and this could lead to more deaths and to more people fleeing their homes.

In a break with hardliners, the influential Cuban-American National Foundation has come out against retaliatory measures.
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A retaliatory action is one that is harmful to someone who has done something to harm you.

If you take retaliatory action, you try to harm or annoy someone who has harmed or annoyed you.