punitive expedition
C20051
concept
A punitive expedition is a military campaign launched by a state or authority to punish another group, state, or community for perceived offenses, often aiming to inflict damage or enforce compliance rather than to occupy territory permanently.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| punitive expedition canonical | 3 |
| colonial military expedition | 2 |
| cross-border raid campaign | 2 |
| filibustering expedition | 2 |
| reprisal | 2 |
| reprisal attack | 2 |
| retaliatory operation | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: punitive expedition
Generated description
A punitive expedition is a military campaign launched by a state or authority to punish another group, state, or community for perceived offenses, often aiming to inflict damage or enforce compliance rather than to occupy territory permanently.
Instances (14)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Mexican Expedition | — |
| Claret operations | cross-border raid campaign |
| Phips expedition to Acadia | colonial military expedition |
| Patriot War of East Florida | filibustering expedition |
| Pioneer Column expedition | colonial military expedition |
| Telavåg reprisals | reprisal |
| Benin Expedition of 1897 | — |
|
“howling wilderness” campaign ordered by General Jacob H. Smith
surface form:
"howling wilderness" campaign ordered by General Jacob H. Smith
|
retaliatory operation |
| German reprisals against the French Resistance | reprisal |
| Sack of Balbriggan | reprisal attack |
| Burning of Cork | reprisal attack |
| 1866 French campaign against Korea | — |
| Operation Claret | cross-border raid campaign |
| Gutierrez–Magee Expedition | filibustering expedition |