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reprisal 音标拼音: [ripr'ɑɪzəl] n. 报复,报仇,报复性劫掠 报复,报仇,报复性劫掠 reprisal n 1: a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartimeReprisal \ Re* pris" al\ ( r?- priz" al), n. [ F. repr? saille, It. ripresaglia, rappresaglia, LL. reprensaliae, fr. L. reprehendere, reprehensum. See { Reprehend}, { Reprise}.] 1. The act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity. [ 1913 Webster] Debatable ground, on which incursions and reprisals continued to take place. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Anything taken from an enemy in retaliation. [ 1913 Webster] 3. The act of retorting on an enemy by inflicting suffering or death on a prisoner taken from him, in retaliation for an act of inhumanity. -- Vattel ( Trans.) [ 1913 Webster] 4. Any act of retaliation. -- Waterland. [ 1913 Webster] { Letters of marque and reprisal}. See under { Marque}. [ 1913 Webster] 33 Moby Thesaurus words for " reprisal": amends, avengement, avenging, blood feud, comeuppance, compensation, counterblow, desert, deserts, feud, getting even, indemnification, indemnity, just deserts, punishment, quittance, recompense, redress, repayment, requital, restitution, retaliation, retribution, revanche, revanchism, revenge, reward, sweet revenge, vendetta, vengeance, vindication, what is due, what is merited
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