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# retaliation

«retaliation» in Mova's school dictionary: **Doing something bad to someone because they did something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (retaliation — usually uncountable; a retaliation)

### meaning for a pupil

Doing something bad to someone because they did something bad to you; hitting back; revenge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retaliation/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and history a war can start with an attack and a retaliation. In school behaviour rules, retaliation is still wrong: tell a teacher instead of hitting back. In sport a player can be sent off for retaliation. Phrases: in retaliation for, fear of retaliation.

### examples

- He kicked the ball away in retaliation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retaliation/#x1)
- The referee sent him off for retaliation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retaliation/#x2)
- In retaliation for the attack, the army fired back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retaliation/#x3)
- Telling a teacher is better than retaliation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retaliation/#x4)
- She was afraid of retaliation if she told anyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retaliation/#x5)
- The country raised taxes on imports in retaliation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retaliation/#x6)

### note

Verb: retaliate. Often used with «for» and «against». Retaliation answers a first action; it is not the first act.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «retaliation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retaliation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.