retaliatory

adjective

Definition of retaliatorynext
as in revengeful

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retaliatory
  1. revengeful
  2. retributive
  3. punitive
  4. disciplinary
  5. penal
Adjective
  • Eventually, this revengeful streak will result in loneliness and isolation.
    Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Artemis was revengeful toward anyone who trespassed in wild nature, and trespassing could mean neglect, like not paying your dues.
    Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 20 June 2023
Definition of revengeful
Adjective
  • By then, President Franklin Pierce and his secretary of war, Jefferson Davis, had already endorsed a retributive expedition of their own against the Lakota.
    Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The twist of the knife that unleashes Sienna's retributive fury is a revelation that the gruesome pair killed, beheaded, and seemingly stripped the flesh from Jonathan's skull. Want more movie news?
    EW.com, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of retributive
Adjective
  • Give me a break, the Club bank stock is currently at $75, with runway to go higher when the Fed lifts its punitive asset cap.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Advertisement Although Hochman has said his administration will not abandon all of Gascón’s criminal justice reform focus in service of public safety, his early policy positions seem more focused on punitive measures.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of punitive
Adjective
  • Advertisement In addition, the Bureau of Prisons will restore early release credits to FCI Dublin transfers and expunge invalid disciplinary write-ups by Dublin staff to ensure class members don’t lose opportunities for early release.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Trump also would ultimately be in charge of the federal ethics office after inauguration and would be responsible for pursuing or authorizing any disciplinary or corrective action among his cabinet members.
    Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of disciplinary
Adjective
  • But when a president, at the end of his term in office, in the interest of fairness, corrects mistakes made by the penal system during his or a previous president's term, that is often a grace note of his time in office.
    Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The county prisoners held at the site were moved to Milwaukee County's new penal farm in what was then the Town of Franklin.
    Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of penal
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