1
as in reparation
usually reprisals plural
payment to another for a loss or injury
a peace agreement that was rejected because it contained no provisions for reprisals
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2
as in retaliation
the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury
after defeating them last year in the finals, our team nervously awaited the expected reprisal by our archrivals in this year's tournament
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Recent Examples of reprisal
The President, who narrowly avoided death, ordered a series of reprisal killings.
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Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
An uptick of air traffic controllers calling in sick Monday forced numerous flight delays and cancellations, prompting concerns that a reprisal of what happened in 2019 could be starting up again.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 8 Oct. 2025
Anonymity also allows the scouts to be completely honest, without fear of reprisals.
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The former employee of the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman also spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisals, and said oversight staff were often the only outsiders any detainees could appeal to.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 6 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
An uptick of air traffic controllers calling in sick Monday forced numerous flight delays and cancellations, prompting concerns that a reprisal of what happened in 2019 could be starting up again.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 8 Oct. 2025
Anonymity also allows the scouts to be completely honest, without fear of reprisals.
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The former employee of the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman also spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisals, and said oversight staff were often the only outsiders any detainees could appeal to.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reprisal
Noun
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The Kremlin has threatened to take action against the EU if the supranational organization follows through with its reparations loan.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Oct. 2025
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In a case that predated the Israel-Hamas war, the court said Israel abused its position as an occupying power and called on it to cease new settlement activity, evacuate settlers and make reparations for the damage caused.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Office of Special Counsel is an investigative and prosecutorial office that works to protect government employees and whistleblowers from retaliation for reporting wrongdoing.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Office of Special Counsel is an independent federal agency responsible for protecting whistleblowers and investigating retaliation against government employees who report misconduct.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Smith said that the initial goal is to get the tool up and running and then focus on expanding the work by not only looking at events that cost over $1 billion in damages but also smaller and medium-sized events.—
Ignacio Calderon,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Billion-Dollar Database tracks the financial costs of property and other infrastructure destroyed by extreme weather disasters in the United States, focusing on events that caused $1 billion or more in damages.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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Some activists have long warned that an RSF takeover of the city would lead to ethnic revenge attacks, as seen after the capture of the Zamzam camp for displaced people to the south.—
Reuters 19 hr ago,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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The Tigers exacted some measure of revenge by eliminating Cleveland in the wild card series — only to once again lose the ALDS in five games — this time in highly heartbreaking fashion, on a walk-off base hit by the Seattle Mariners in the 15th inning.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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Brown’s retribution after his departure Brown’s goal was massive in the game — and massive for him personally.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Talk of retribution is precisely the opposite of what markets had hoped for, and is a further about-turn from the White House on relations with Beijing.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Reprisal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reprisal. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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