Definition of "retaliatory" []

• Relating to or part of a retaliation. (adjective)

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• "Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, warned that Russia could take what he called retaliatory steps if the United States were to go forward with its missile shield plan in Europe."
• "He says he has no reason to believe that these two men are interested in any sort of what he called retaliatory conduct."
• "This is what I call retaliatory terrorism, which was also seen in 1984 when a Sikh killed Indira Gandhi"