Crossword-Solution: RETALIATION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Retaliation | n. | The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like; retribution; now, specifically, the return of evil for evil; e.g., an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. |
We have 15 clues for the answer “RETALIATION”
| Clue | Answers |
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| An eye for an eye. | 2 answers |
| Requital | 3 answers |
| Two can play at that game | 4 answers |
| reprisal | 5 answers |
| LIKE for like | 6 answers |
| FIGHTING back | 8 answers |
| vengeance | 11 answers |
| Tit for tat | 11 answers |
| Retribution | 20 answers |
| measure for measure | 22 answers |
| COME BACK, ___ | 25 answers |
| Reaction | 28 answers |
| revenge | 36 answers |
| Backlash | 44 answers |
| Recoil | 71 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EARTE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with RETALIATION (5)
The passionate belief in white superiority and a desperate fear of black retaliation caused many whites to resort to physical intimidation to achieve their purposes.
This they affirm to be the origin and nature of justice;--it is a mean or compromise, between the best of all, which is to do injustice and not be punished, and the worst of all, which is to suffer injustice without the power of retaliation; and justice, being at a middle point between the two, is tolerated not as a good, but as the lesser evil, and honoured by reason of the inability of men to do injustice.
His formidable apparatus not only suited his instinct of freedom, but perhaps also the design of some terrible retaliation.
Eight or ten minutes pass: he takes a pawn; she utters a little pooh! but not the ghost of a pawn can she take in retaliation.
The first numbness had passed off; familiarity with what had been done had blunted the edge of horror, and now the impulse of retaliation prevailed.
Quotes with RETALIATION (3)
Sam woke to a feeling of utter, profound, incredible relief. He closed his eyes as soon as he opened them, afraid that being awake would just invite something terrible to appear. Astrid was back. And she was asleep with her head on his arm. His arm was asleep, completely numb, but as long as that blond head was right there his arm could stay numb. She smelled like pine trees and campfire smoke. He opened his eyes, cautious, almost flinching, because the FAYZ didn’t make a hab…
The morning after the 9/11 attacks... we began talking about the Twin Towers attack. Ruud shook his head sadly about it all. He said, "It's so weird, isn't it, all these people saying this has to do with Islam?" I couldn't help myself... I blurted out, "But it *is* about Islam. This is based in belief. This is Islam." Ruud said, "Ayaan, of course these people may have been Muslims, but they are a lunatic fringe. We have extremist Christians, too, who interpret the bible liter…
Religions began as realization of the self, but ended up being retaliation against each other.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1959).