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Read the excerpt from "Benin Plaque: The Oba with Europeans.”
Whatever the real facts, the British, in ostensible revenge for the killing, organized a punitive expedition which raided Benin City, exiled the Oba and created the protectorate of Southern Nigeria.
Based on the context clues, what is the meaning of the word punitive in the passage?
determined to find natural resources
intended to make peace
designed to inflict punishment
planned by world leaders
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designed to inflict punishment
Context clues: "ostensible revenge," "raided," and "exiled the Oba" show the expedition aimed to punish, not to make peace or find resources.
Context clues: "ostensible revenge," "raided," and "exiled the Oba" show the expedition aimed to punish, not to make peace or find resources.
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