General Jackson vowed a reprisal for the death of his men.
Source: tatoeba (10093971)
Reprisal
//ɹɪˈpɹaɪzəl//
Synonyms for "reprisal" (39 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (19)
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2 entriesderived
4 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 20 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- распра́ва noun (retaliation)
Czech
4 entries- odplata noun (retaliation)
- odveta noun (retaliation)
- represe noun (retaliation)
- represálie noun (retaliation)
Finnish
2 entries- kosto noun (retaliation)
- kostoisku noun (retaliation)
French
1 entries- représailles noun (retaliation)
German
4 entries- Repressalie noun (retaliation)
- Vergeltungsakt noun (retaliation)
- Vergeltungsmaßnahme noun (retaliation)
- Vergeltungsschlag noun (retaliation)
Hungarian
1 entries- megtorlás noun (retaliation)
Irish
1 entries- díoltas noun (retaliation)
Italian
1 entries- ritorsione noun (retaliation)
Japanese
1 entries- 報復 noun (retaliation)
Korean
1 entries- 보복 noun (retaliation)
Māori
1 entries- ngakinga noun (retaliation)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- represalie noun (retaliation)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- represalie noun (retaliation)
Old French
1 entries- merche noun (retaliation)
Russian
2 entries- отве́тная ме́ра noun (retaliation)
- распра́ва noun (retaliation)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- aicheamhail noun (retaliation)
- dìoghaltas noun (retaliation)
Spanish
1 entries- represalia noun (retaliation)
Swedish
1 entries- vedergällning noun (retaliation)
Turkish
1 entries- misilleme noun (retaliation)
Ukrainian
1 entries- розпра́ва noun (retaliation)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
You have a right to speak up about mistreatment without fear of reprisal.
Source: tatoeba (10367072)
debatable ground, on which incursions and reprisals continued to take place
Source: wiktionary
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