Definitions for retaliations

retaliations re·tal·i·a·tion

Spelling: [ri-tal-ee-ey-shuh n]
IPA: /rɪˌtæl iˈeɪ ʃən/

Retaliations is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 1728 anagrams from letters in retaliations (aaeiilnorstt).

Definitions for retaliations

noun

  1. the act of retaliating; return of like for like; reprisal.

Origin of retaliations

First recorded in 1575-85; retaliate + -ion

Examples for retaliations

If this is to be achieved, man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation.

Of how incredibly petty the offense can be and how insanely disproportionate the retaliation can be.

The decision not to run the cartoons is motivated by nothing more than fear: either fear of offending or fear of retaliation.

What he fails to realize is that he is imposing the same urban title on his family in retaliation.

The reckoning, the retribution, the retaliation to be just must be most stern.

The colonists dared not exhibit the slightest spirit of retaliation.

And U.S. lawmakers are pushing to involve China in any retaliation against the Sony hack.

He was in such trouble that he feared to drive his wife to retaliation; and yet he must do his duty.

But one of the German submarines was to go to the bottom in retaliation.

There seemed to be nothing for it but to wait and pray for some means of retaliation.

Word Value for retaliations
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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