Thesaurus results for REPRISAL(S)

reprisals

noun

plural of reprisal

as in reparation

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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Recent Examples of reprisals Ukrainians say armed formations on both sides, including the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and Polish underground forces, were involved in attacks and reprisals that led to large-scale civilian casualties among both Poles and Ukrainians. —

ABC News, 19 June 2026 Iran’s reprisals have targeted civilians and public spaces across the Middle East. —

Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 18 June 2026 Hansen, a carriage horse driver herself, said the decision to stay off the streets was part heartbreak for Deniz and part fear of reprisals. —

Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 10 June 2026 And many fear reprisals from the government for speaking out. —

Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 7 June 2026 Candidates who challenge the powerful can draw strong but silent support, because there is open fear of reprisals from city officials against those who back any challenger to the people in charge. —

Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 30 May 2026 Global economic outlook worsens over Iran war The US and Iran appeared still willing to reach a peace deal despite American strikes and Tehran’s threats of reprisals — but the global economic fallout from the conflict deepened. —

semafor.com, 29 May 2026 During the McCarthy era, overreaching laws, surveillance, and public and private sector reprisals ostensibly targeted alleged communists. —

Bruce Schneier, The Conversation, 27 May 2026 The residence of Mali’s defense minister, Sadio Camara, was heavily damaged by an explosion during the attack, a nearby shopkeeper told the AP, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. —

Mark Banchereau, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026

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Noun

Reports also suggest that Iran expects to receive, through some unspecified payment mechanism, potentially hundreds of billions of dollars in de-facto reparations for damage caused by the war.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 18 June 2026
At least five states, including California, New York and Maryland, and more than a dozen cities, including Boston, Detroit and Philadelphia, have created have created task forces or commissions to study slavery reparations.

— Safiyah Riddle, Fortune, 17 June 2026