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counterattack
[ noun koun-ter-uh-tak; verb koun-ter-uh-tak, koun-ter-uh-tak ]
counterattack
/ ˈ첹ʊԳəəˌæ /
noun
- an attack in response to an attack
verb
- to make a counterattack (against)
Word History and Origins
Origin of counterattack1
Example Sentences
For Maine — and perhaps for California — the legal counterattack will argue that the Trump administration is overreaching in two ways: asserting authority outside its jurisdiction and violating laws that govern the process for withdrawing funding.
Lifting martial law during a temporary ceasefire could create unexpected consequences – including the flight of hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the front line – just as Russia prepared a counterattack.
Less than two minutes later, a Canadian counterattack was spoiled by a hard tackle in the box.
Panama took a defensive posture from the start, playing with a five-man back line and crowding the midfield with four more, generating what little offense it produced on the counterattack.
All have counterattacked; on Monday, China imposed tariffs on U.S. farm products, thus hitting Trump’s rural base.
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