REPRISAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reprisal mean? 

• REPRISAL (noun)
  The noun REPRISAL has 1 sense:

1. a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime

  Familiarity information: REPRISAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPRISAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("reprisal" is a kind of...):

retaliation; revenge (action taken in return for an injury or offense)

 Context examples 

But White Fang's reprisals did not cease, even when the young dogs had learned thoroughly that they must stay together.

(White Fang, by Jack London)