Sentence examples for Rapid retaliation from inspiring English sources
The threat of certain and rapid retaliation — the cocked-pistols standoff — was intended to deter war.
The European Union is poised to drop its threat of rapid retaliation against United States tariffs on imported steel imposed in the spring, senior officials said today.
That is why, throughout the heyday of the unilateral disarmament movement, critics of this justification pointed out that our threat was only credible if we were, in fact, prepared to kill millions of civilians in a rapid act of retaliation.
Bombers loitered at high altitude near the borders of the Soviet Union to provide rapid first strike or retaliation capability in case of nuclear war.
"Certainly, we might expect to lose very heavily at the outset if caught by surprise, but our retaliation would be rapid and devastating and thus would bring to a sudden close the period of heavy losses".
She sued for retaliation.
They also fear retaliation.
§ 1630.12 Retaliation and coercion.
