retaliatory

adjective

re·​tal·​ia·​to·​ry rə̇ˈtalyəˌtōrē 

rēˈ-, 

-lēəˌ-, 

-tȯr-, 

-ri, 

÷-ləˌ-

: tending to, involving, or having the nature of retaliation

from retaliatory political revenge the transition was easy to pillage and wholesale murder

—J. A. Froude

deterrent force of our retaliatory air power

—Dean Acheson

the retaliatory sanction of blood revenge on the part of animal ghosts

—W. H. Gilbert

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