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Example sentences for: retaliatory

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In 1995, a U.S. research rocket launched from Norway brought Russia "a couple of minutes" away from a decision to launch a retaliatory strike.
Instead, the U.S. should use its pinpoint conventional missiles to make both pre-emptive and retaliatory strikes against nuclear terrorists and rogue states.
Free-trade advocates said they are too strong (they may prompt retaliatory measures from affected countries).
I am not persuaded that a speaker who offends a hearer's sensibilities directly suffers loss of face: loss of face could come about only by some retaliatory action of the hearer's.
The Guardian interviews coach Glenn Hoddle, who says Beckham's retaliatory strike "wasn't violent conduct.