Crossword-Solution: REPRISALS
We have 4 clues for the answer “REPRISALS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Hostile tit-for-tat actions | 1 answer |
| LAWS of war, subject of | 1 answer |
| Retaliatory acts, especially in war. | 1 answer |
| Retaliations | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with REPRISALS (5)
Israeli reprisals against Palestinian unrest in the West Bank since 1987 have pushed unemployment up and lowered living standards.
The incident was one which, in those days, some two years before the great Revolution, was of almost daily occurrence in France; incidents of that type, in fact, led to the bloody reprisals, which a few years later sent most of those haughty heads to the guillotine.
Would she also chose not to reveal the truth to the committee, fearing reprisals? In response to several other questions posed by the panel, Ann Biggot proclaimed that she had no fear of reprisal for her testimony, but every so often a Freudian slip would break out from her careful answers.
Barbarous war is an ugly business; but I believe the civilised is fully uglier; but Lord! what fun! I should say we now have definite news that there are _three_ women’s heads; it was difficult to get it out of the natives, who are all ashamed, and the women all in terror of reprisals.
Rick, being a sufficient mistress of that difficult tongue, was spokeswoman; she explained to the sick monarch that I was an intimate personal friend of Queen Victoria’s; that immediately on my return I should make her a report upon Butaritari; and that if my house should have been again invaded by natives, a man-of-war would be despatched to make reprisals.
Quotes with REPRISALS (3)
All the horrors of all the ages were brought together, and not only armies but whole populations were thrust into the midst of them. The mighty educated States involved conceived-not without reason-that their very existence was at stake. Neither peoples nor rulers drew the line at any deed which they thought could help them win. Germany, having let Hell loose, kept well in the van of terror; but she was followed step by step by the desperate and ultimately avenging nations sh…
The mistakes of history bring relentless reprisals.
There were worse things than death. There would be a leap and a moment suspended, then a long hopeless curve to the rocks and river below. They would fall like leaves between clouds of swifts and then be washed away by the thundering rapids. Bramble clung to that thought. If their bodies washed away then there could be no identification, no danger of reprisals on her family. She hung on tighter. The roan's hindquarters bunched under her and they were in the air. It was like s…
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1951–1988).