"retaliation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: retaliation
Etymology: retaliation < retaliate + -ion
  1. η εκδίκηση, η αντεκδίκηση, τα αντίποινα
    Sense id: el-retaliation-en-noun-a8qTEPfx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Λέξεις με επίθημα -ion (αγγλικά)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "retaliation < retaliate + -ion",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "retaliation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I seek retaliation against someone.",
          "translation": "Ζητώ εκδίκηση εναντίον κάποιου."
        },
        {
          "text": "He did it out of retaliation.",
          "translation": "Το έκανε από αντεκδίκηση."
        },
        {
          "text": "brutal retaliation - κτηνώδη αντίποινα"
        },
        {
          "text": "≈ συνώνυμα: → δείτε τη λέξη revenge"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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    }
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  "word": "retaliation"
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    "Λέξεις με επίθημα -ion (αγγλικά)"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "retaliation < retaliate + -ion",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "retaliation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I seek retaliation against someone.",
          "translation": "Ζητώ εκδίκηση εναντίον κάποιου."
        },
        {
          "text": "He did it out of retaliation.",
          "translation": "Το έκανε από αντεκδίκηση."
        },
        {
          "text": "brutal retaliation - κτηνώδη αντίποινα"
        },
        {
          "text": "≈ συνώνυμα: → δείτε τη λέξη revenge"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "η εκδίκηση, η αντεκδίκηση, τα αντίποινα"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "retaliation"
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