retaliatory
/rɪˈtalɪətri
/adjective
(Of an action) characterized by a desire for revenge: fears of a retaliatory attack by the victim’s friends...
- Following his murder, the rule of terror climaxed in the retaliatory destruction of the village.
- He was permitted to ignore a question regarding a proposed remedy for his company's retaliatory tactics.
- Shooting creatures at long range will now bring a retaliatory action.
- myen
- myenteric
- myenteric reflex
- Myers–Briggs
- my eye (or all my eye and Betty Martin)
- my foot!
- mygale
- mygalomorph
- my giddy aunt!
- my good woman
- my heart bleeds (for you)
- my honourable friend
- myiasis
- Mykolayiv
- Mykonos
- My Lady
- My Lai
- Mylar
- my learned friend
- Myleran
- myliobatid
- mylodon
- mylodont
- mylodontid
- mylohyoid