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Word entry · 8 letters

reprisal

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"Retaliatory action"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ɹɪˈpɹaɪzəl/Part of speech nounSorted aeilprrsStarts with REnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime

Word origin

From Anglo-Norman reprisaille (French représaille), from Old Italian ripresaglia (Italian rappresaglia), from ripreso, past participle of riprendere (“to take back”), from Latin reprendere, earlier reprehendere (see reprehend).

Used in a sentence

  • debatable ground, on which incursions and reprisals continued to take place

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