retaliatory
adj/ɹɪˈtælɪət(ə)ɹɪ/
Etymology From retaliate + -ory.
1
Relating to or part of a retaliation.
- The hostile forces were at an impasse; neither could attack with enough force and still defend against the retaliatory counterattack.
- Synonyms
- retaliatory, retributionary, retributive, retributory, vindicatory
- Antonyms
- unretaliatory, unretributive, nonretaliatory, nonretributive
- Derived terms
- antiretaliatory, nonretaliatory, retaliatorily, retaliatory tariff, unretaliatory
- Hypernyms
- reactional
- Hyponyms
- punitive