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/kˈaʊntərətˌæk/ /kˈaʊnərətˌæk/ Listen

Counterattack

noun

An attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.. Synonym: countermove.

(chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board. Synonym: counterplay.

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"Counterattack" Quotes from Famous Books

... thirty-two hours, and near Krithia, where on the 26th a counter-attack drove our forces back into their boats. Zeal carried the Anzacs nearly to the summit of the hills overlooking the Straits, and excess of it led to heavy losses in a Turkish counterattack; nor could the parties of British troops who got within a few hundred yards of Krithia on the 28th maintain their position, and the result of this first attempt was to give us possession of the extremity of the peninsula from a mile above ...

— A Short History of the Great War • A.F. Pollard

Words linked to "Counterattack" : chess game, onslaught, countermove, chess, riposte, onrush, assail, counterplay, onset, attack