Definition of "retaliations" [retaliations]

• Plural form of retaliation. (noun)

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• "In the process of imitation, each belligerent took care to pass at least a little beyond the precedent; and thus, beginning with a paper blockade of the northern coast of the continent by the British Government, the process advanced, by alternate "retaliations," to a British proclamation specifying the ports of the world to which American vessels were to be allowed to trade, stopping in England or its dependencies to pay taxes en route."
• "All past's crimes against humanity that were committed in the name of race and superiority / inferiority beliefs will be overtaken and archived in the great library of history only for memorial needs, and may be only for celebrations dates, anymore for cultural clashes and smooth "retaliations" and "writing-backs.""
• "The Zionists had a big hand in this with their so-called "retaliations"."