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Example sentences for: retaliation

How can you use “retaliation” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The framers allowed that the president could authorize defense and immediate retaliation in the case of a surprise attack.
The principle of Mutually Assured Destruction, after all, dictated that once nukes are launched, retaliation becomes much easier.
The women claim they were promised helpful transfers if they told investigators what they wanted to hear and threatened with retaliation if they didn't.
Many of the whistleblowers at the roundtable said they had experienced retaliation from their employers for raising concerns, but all had felt obligated to speak out about practices in medicine and medical research that they believe are risking the public's health or safety.
It keeps other countries from breaking trade commitments that benefit the United States in exchange for keeping the United States from breaking trade commitments that benefit those countries, and it keeps all of us from indulging in the everyone-loses pattern of trade sanction and retaliation.