reprisal raid

Frequency: 6.34.5 per million words

A sudden attack on an enemy, carried out as retaliation.

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  • The village feared a reprisal raid after the incident.
  • The rebels launched a swift reprisal raid on the military outpost.
  • Such a reprisal raid would only escalate the conflict.
  • They prepared for a potential reprisal raid from the enemy forces.
  • The general ordered a reprisal raid in response to the earlier attack.
  • Historical records detail numerous reprisal raids between the warring tribes.
  • A sudden reprisal raid devastated the border town.
  • Fearing a reprisal raid, the inhabitants evacuated their homes.
  • The government condemned the reprisal raid as an act of aggression.
  • Intelligence reports indicated an imminent reprisal raid.