Sentence examples for in response to an attack from inspiring English sources

It attacks in response to an attack; the closing line: "Hillary Clinton.

In response to an attack from a Tiger, Wardaddy yells: "It will end soon.

Blackwater maintains that its employees, hired to guard American diplomats in Iraq, were firing in response to an attack.

The military claimed its soldiers fired in response to an attack by gunmen from an unnamed "terrorist group".

The US military said it carried out an airstrike in Somalia that killed 52 al-Shabaab extremists, in response to an attack on Somali forces.

There has been a strong interest in emergency planning in response to an attack or accidental release of harmful chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear substances.

Farc was founded in 1964 in response to an army attack on a rural enclave occupied by armed peasants affiliated to the Communist party.

In its only statement on the shooting, Blackwater said security contractors fired in response to an insurgent attack, an account disputed by the Iraqi Interior Ministry.

The revised bombing plan "could work — if it's in response to an Iranian attack," the retired four-star general said.

But in response to an immune attack, some of the cells in the transplanted organ die, releasing DNA into the bloodstream.

Sceptics counter that international law only permits military action in response to an imminent attack, or if one is under way.