form of retaliation

collocation in English

meaningsofformandretaliation

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form
noun
uk
/fɔːm/us
/fɔːrm/
a paper or set of papers printed with spaces in which answers to questions can be written or information can be recorded in an ...
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retaliation
noun[U]
uk
/rɪˌtæl.iˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/rɪˌtæl.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
the act of hurting someone or doing something harmful to someone because they have done or said something harmful ...
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(Definition offormandretaliationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I hope that it will not be necessary to have recourse to anyformofretaliation.
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Theformofretaliationis to impose a quota on the offending country.
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Second, any restriction of this kind must lead to someformofretaliationfrom other countries.
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I agree that oneformofretaliationcan be carried out only by a general tariff.
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I have made it a rule not to indulge in thatformofretaliationwhich consists in quoting my opponents' speeches.
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It may be, that at times there is provocation, and that there is temptation to indulge in someformofretaliation.
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In other words, instead of reciprocity, all that has been clone is to introduce aformofretaliation.
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That is quite a differentformofretaliation, and that kind of retaliation seems to me to be one well worthy of consideration.
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He knew also that their pretence that there was an intruder in the grounds was intended as aformofretaliation.
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This lasted until 1165, although in private manors executions conducted as aformofretaliationcontinued to be conducted.
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This lasted until 1165, although in private manors executions continued to be conducted as aformofretaliation.
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Victims who do not submit to harassment may also experience various forms of retaliation, including isolation and bullying.
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