retaliatory action

  • 1retaliatory action — action performed out of revenge, reprisal …

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  • 2retaliatory — UK US /rɪˈtæliətəri/ US  /rɪˈtæliətɔri/ adjective ► used to describe an action that is intended to harm someone who has done something to harm you: retaliatory action/measures/sanctions »The bill ends tax subsidies for US exporters that caused… …

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  • 3retaliatory — [[t]rɪtæ̱liətəri, AM tɔːri[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n If you take retaliatory action, you try to harm or annoy someone who has harmed or annoyed you. [FORMAL] There s been talk of a retaliatory blockade to prevent supplies getting through …

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  • 4retaliatory — /rəˈtæljətri/ (say ruh talyuhtree), /rəˈtæljəˌtəri/ (say ruh talyuh.tuhree) adjective of or relating to an action made as a retaliation: a retaliatory raid …

  • 5Organizational retaliatory behavior — Contents 1 Definition 2 Organizational justice and retaliatory behavior 3 Top Down Organizational Retaliatory Behavior 4 Legal issues …

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  • 6A Piece of the Action (Star Trek) — NOTOC ST episode name = A Piece of the Action Kirk and Spock face off with mobsters series = TOS ep num = 46 prod num = 049 remas. num = 28 date = January 12, 1968 writer = David P. Harmon Gene L. Coon director = James Komack guest = Anthony… …

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  • 7People's Action Party–United Malays National Organisation relations — Malaysia This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Malaysia …

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  • 8vindictive action — revenge, retaliatory act …

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  • 9Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White — Infobox SCOTUS case Litigants=Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White ArgueDate=April 17 ArgueYear=2006 DecideDate=June 22 DecideYear=2006 FullName=Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, Petitioner v. Sheila White USVol=548… …

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  • 10Israel — /iz ree euhl, ray /, n. 1. a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 5,534,672; 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Cap.: Jerusalem. 2. the people traditionally descended from Jacob; the Hebrew or Jewish people. 3 …

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