The uprisings were then met with brutal reprisals.

The government subsequently subjected the Chartists to brutal reprisals and arrested their leaders.

The stubborn and determined American defense that gave the 17th such high losses brought on a vicious and brutal reprisal.

But he hated his father's and brother's brutal reprisals as well.

The Japanese took brutal reprisals whenever such incidents occurred, shooting suspected villagers and burning down whole villages.

No announcements mark the often brutal reprisals by security forces.

They did just that, for wounds suffered in the assault and for brutal reprisals later endured.

But the German army wreaked brutal reprisals on the civilians.

It ended with brutal reprisals of German forces against the villagers and the destruction of the village.

Hitler ordered brutal reprisals that resulted in the execution of more than 4,900 people.