Sentence examples for wave of reprisal from inspiring English sources
And a wave of reprisal bombings still followed.
A bomb attack in February 2006 destroyed the shrine's famous golden dome, and set off a wave of reprisal attacks and killings that left tens of thousands dead across Iraq.
Hindu mobs charged through Gujarat's streets in a wave of reprisal attacks after 60 Hindu pilgrims died in a train blaze in February 2002.
In April, however, two gang leaders were killed, sparking a wave of reprisals.
As a result, fears of an out-and-out sectarian conflict have risen.Within a day, a menacing wave of reprisals ensued.
TBILISI, Georgia — The Georgian authorities brought criminal charges against a former defense minister and two current Defense Ministry officials on Wednesday, in what some lawmakers feared presaged a wave of reprisals against members of President Mikheil Saakashvili's defeated government.
The Taliban fled the city, apparently fearing they would be killed in a wave of reprisals for thousands of killings the Taliban carried out when they took the city.
"Given Khartoum's record of abuse, there is grave cause for concern about the fate of those detained".The people of Darfur, who have suffered so many years in camps for displaced people in the remote desert regions of western Sudan, may now face another wave of reprisals.
On a front page editorial, the paper warns of a new wave of reprisals.
Nelson's actions during the reoccupation of Naples have also been the subject of debate: his approval of the wave of reprisals against the Jacobins who had surrendered under the terms agreed by Cardinal Ruffo, and his personal intervention in securing the execution of Caracciolo, are considered by some biographers, such as Robert Southey, to have been a shameful breach of honour.
Nine civilians, including two children, were murdered in the attack on a fish shop in Belfast's loyalist heartland 23 years ago which became one of the most notorious incidents of the Troubles and led to a wave of sectarian reprisal killings.
