The word "retaliatory" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe any action or response meant as a punishment for someone or something that caused harm or offense. For example, "The government took retaliatory measures against the country that attacked its civilians."
Sainsbury's chief executive, Mike Coupe, thinks some retaliatory blows have already been struck.
A 50-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with the incident, which police have established was a retaliatory act following a grenade attack on a house in Formby Road, Salford, at 00.50 on Monday morning.
That image perfectly captures the hijacking of the faith by radicals and the truth that Muslims are the primary victims of terrorism and the main target of retaliatory violence.
Her retaliatory hashtag gained support from the actor Jada Pinkett Smith and there is a police investigation underway.
A feeling in Europe is growing that future Israeli announcements of further Jewish settlement-building on the West Bank should be met with retaliatory measures.
Instead of threatening retaliatory measures, such as fining any American bank that opens accounts without requiring proof of identity, many have entered into agreements to accept FATCA, even though reciprocity is not on offer and the United States is not interested in international moves for more transparency.
Amnesty International warned that vulnerable groups, and the Hindu minority in particular, might be made the targets of retaliatory attacks.(Picture credit: AFP).
General Sharif has been gradually escalating what the army describes as "retaliatory strikes" in North Waziristan.
Analysts suggest that if there was a retaliatory strike, it might target known figures in Islamic Jihad.The latest bombing has rekindled the debate about the pace at which the Israeli army is building a massive "security fence" along roughly the pre-1967 bordesignedigned to seal off Israel from the West Bank.
The industry group representing Canadian manufacturers has identified seven bills with protectionist provisions making their way through Capitol Hill and is calling for Canada to threaten retaliatory action.
After a recent retaliatory Ethiopian mortar attack, a Somali living in the capital described how he helped his neighbours: "We collected the flesh of their bodies that was stuck to the walls".
