Verb (used without object) : to retaliate for an injury. From Dictionary.com.
In this, Nemirovsky views human nature as Greek tragedy: stubborn, inimical and as retaliative as ever it was. From Wordnik.com. [California Literary Review] Reference
He was even retaliative, and to the liner's continued iteration of its innocent remark he retorted in the words of old Omar. From Wordnik.com. [Quaint Courtships] Reference
Cant remember when, but there was a point in history were in a retaliative short period ppl from all around the world started living in the one place and quality farming began. From Wordnik.com. [Brad Ideas - Comments] Reference
These would seem to take it for granted that we shall fall short of victory, and hence that selfish retaliative or vindictive practices between nations, sanctioned by imperialism, will continue to flourish after the war. From Wordnik.com. [An essay on the American contribution and the democratic idea] Reference
A half-merry, half-retaliative humor in Lufa, may have wrought for revenge by making Walter fall in love with her; at all events it was a consolation to her wounded vanity when she saw him, in love with her; but it was chiefly in the hope of a. From Wordnik.com. [Home Again] Reference
The result of that conference was, that Gabelle again withdrew himself to his housetop behind his stack of chimneys; this time resolved, if his door were broken in (he was a small Southern man of retaliative temperament), to pitch himself head foremost over the parapet, and crush a man or two below. From Wordnik.com. [A Tale of Two Cities] Reference
Where do these retaliative strikes end?. From Wordnik.com. [Donna Schaper: Hating Hate Speech] Reference
Would we launch a retaliative nuclear strike. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-09-01] Reference
227 observer of mankind, it will appear that this principle, from its own intrinsic beauty, has in many superseded the muselman retaliative system of morality, originating in the Mosaic law, -- "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.". From Wordnik.com. [An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa] Reference
It was conclusive, coldly disapproving, non-retaliative, dismissing. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Gift] Reference
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