Threats of retaliation are blocking negotiations.
Source: tatoeba (320980)
Retaliation
//ɹiˌtæl.iˈeɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "retaliation" (77 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (23)
Related words (38)
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7 entriesderived from
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9 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 31 languages.
Assamese
2 entries- পোটক noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
- সেকা noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Bengali
1 entries- প্রতিশোধ noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Bulgarian
2 entries- възмездие noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
- отмъщение noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Catalan
1 entries- represàlia noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 報復 /报复 noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Czech
1 entries- odplata noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Danish
1 entries- gengældelse noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Dutch
1 entries- vergelding noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Finnish
2 entries- kosto noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
- kostoisku noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
French
1 entries- représailles noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
German
1 entries- Vergeltung noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Hungarian
1 entries- megtorlás noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Indonesian
2 entries- pembalasan noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
- retaliasi noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Irish
1 entries- díoltas noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Italian
2 entries- rappresaglia noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
- ritorsione noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Japanese
2 entries- 仕返し noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
- 復讐 noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Korean
1 entries- 복수 noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Latin
1 entries- talio noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Marathi
2 entries- प्रत्याघात noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
- बदला noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Māori
1 entries- ngakinga noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- gjengjeldelse noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Polish
2 entries- odwet noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
- retaliacja noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Portuguese
2 entries- represália noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
- retaliação noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Romanian
1 entries- represalii noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Russian
2 entries- воздая́ние noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
- возме́здие noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- aicheamhail noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
- dìoghaltas noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Spanish
2 entries- represalia noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
- retaliación noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Swedish
1 entries- vedergällning noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Tagalog
1 entries- balik-taga noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Turkish
3 entries- intikam noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
- misilleme noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
- öç noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Ukrainian
2 entries- відпла́та noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
- пока́ра noun (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
This has allowed snow leopards to hunt markhor instead of descending to relatively low altitude villages to attack precious livestock and being killed in retaliation by angry villagers.
Source: tatoeba (8724599)
While many snow leopards die at the hands of poachers and the illegal trade, more than half are killed in retaliation for attacks on local herders’ livestock.
Source: tatoeba (8724601)
Whistleblowers alleged numerous cases of gross mismanagement, retaliation and investigations into staff that had a debilitating effect.
Source: tatoeba (9695409)
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