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retaliative

retaliative adjective: retaliatory.

Adjective

retaliative (comparative more retaliative, superlative most retaliative)

  1. retaliatory

Forms of retaliative

comparativemore retaliative
superlativemost retaliative

Words formed from retaliative

Questions about retaliative

What does retaliative mean?
Retaliative means retaliatory.
What part of speech is retaliative?
Retaliative is an adjective.

Words near retaliative in the dictionary

  1. retaliation
  2. retaliationism
  3. retaliationist
  4. retaliationists
  5. retaliations
  6. retaliative
  7. retaliator
  8. retaliatorily
  9. retaliators
  10. retaliatory
  11. retaliatory tariff

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