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The temporary cease-fire agreement does not preclude possible retaliatory attacks later.
临时停火协议不能防止以后发生报复性攻击的可能性。
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In a separate dispatch, the agency said the military had ordered all personnel to be "fully combat ready" so that they could "deal merciless retaliatory blows" to the enemy.
在另外一份声明中，官方媒体说军队已经受命所有人员进入“完全战斗准备”状态，他们可以对敌人进行“无情的报复打击”。
The US warned Beijing against taking retaliatory action.
美国警告中国不要采取报复行动。

But recently there's been an increase of retaliatory attacks by people on the other side, including a slightly mysterious group called the Invisible Commandos who've been operating against Gbagbo."
The two countries, which have no diplomatic relations, have traded retaliatory warnings this week.
The World Food Program says it is concerned the assaults last Sunday in Jonglei State could cause retaliatory attacks and this could lead to more deaths and to more people fleeing their homes.

In a break with hardliners, the influential Cuban-American National Foundation has come out against retaliatory measures.
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A retaliatory action is one that is harmful to someone who has done something to harm you.

If you take retaliatory action, you try to harm or annoy someone who has harmed or annoyed you.