"retaliatory" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "retaliate + -ory",
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      "form": "more retaliatory",
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      "form": "most retaliatory",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The hostile forces were at an impasse; neither could attack with enough force and still defend against the retaliatory counterattack."
        }
      ],
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        "Relating to or part of a retaliation."
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        {
          "sense": "done in retaliation",
          "word": "punitive"
        },
        {
          "sense": "done in retaliation",
          "word": "retributive"
        },
        {
          "sense": "done in retaliation",
          "word": "vengeful"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "za otmǎštenie",
          "sense": "relating to or part of a retaliation",
          "word": "за отмъщение"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "relating to or part of a retaliation",
          "word": "odvetný"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "relating to or part of a retaliation",
          "word": "vasta-"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "relating to or part of a retaliation",
          "word": "kosto-"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "relating to or part of a retaliation",
          "word": "hyvitys-"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "relating to or part of a retaliation",
          "word": "Vergeltungs-"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "relating to or part of a retaliation",
          "word": "megtorló"
        },
        {
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "relating to or part of a retaliation",
          "word": "racheewent"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "relating to or part of a retaliation",
          "word": "odwetowy"
        }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈtælɪət(ə)ɹɪ/"
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  "word": "retaliatory"
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  "etymology_text": "retaliate + -ory",
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    {
      "form": "more retaliatory",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "most retaliatory",
      "tags": [
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  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "text": "The hostile forces were at an impasse; neither could attack with enough force and still defend against the retaliatory counterattack."
        }
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        "Relating to or part of a retaliation."
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      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈtælɪət(ə)ɹɪ/"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "done in retaliation",
      "word": "punitive"
    },
    {
      "sense": "done in retaliation",
      "word": "retributive"
    },
    {
      "sense": "done in retaliation",
      "word": "vengeful"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "za otmǎštenie",
      "sense": "relating to or part of a retaliation",
      "word": "за отмъщение"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "relating to or part of a retaliation",
      "word": "odvetný"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "relating to or part of a retaliation",
      "word": "vasta-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "relating to or part of a retaliation",
      "word": "kosto-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "relating to or part of a retaliation",
      "word": "hyvitys-"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "relating to or part of a retaliation",
      "word": "Vergeltungs-"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "relating to or part of a retaliation",
      "word": "megtorló"
    },
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      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "relating to or part of a retaliation",
      "word": "racheewent"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "relating to or part of a retaliation",
      "word": "odwetowy"
    }
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  "word": "retaliatory"
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