counter-attack
See also: counterattack
English
Alternative forms
- counterattack
Etymology
From counter- + attack.
Noun
counter-attack (plural counter-attacks)
- An attack made in response to an attack by the opponents
- 2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
- Liverpool should really have taken the lead on 33 minutes. A lightning quick counter-attack was led by Jordan Henderson down the right.
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Synonyms
- counter-offensive
Antonyms
- counter-time
Translations
an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents
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Verb
counter-attack (third-person singular simple present counter-attacks, present participle counter-attacking, simple past and past participle counter-attacked)
- To attack in response to an attack by opponents.
- 1959 September, “Talking of Trains: Attack and counter-attack”, in Trains Illustrated, page 405:
- Taking a full-page advertisement in the New York Times, the New Haven counter-attacked with vigour.
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Translations
to attack in response to an attack by opponents
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References
- “counter-attack”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.