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Grammar : Noun

Spell : noun koun-ter-uh-tak; verb koun-ter-uh-tak, koun-ter-uh-tak

Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈkaʊn tər əˌtæk; verb ˌkaʊn tər əˈtæk, ˈkaʊn tər əˌtæk

Definition of counterattack

Origin : also counter-attack, 1882, from counter- + attack (n.); as two words from early 19c. The verb is recorded from 1916.

noun retaliation

Example sentences :

The Germans, however, reconquered the position in a counterattack.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various

They were driven out as the result of a Russian counterattack.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various

The Russians also occupied Sviniuchy and repulsed the enemy's counterattack.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various

Such action might be a project beyond his resources, but it was his own counterattack.
Extract from : « Storm Over Warlock » by Andre Norton

Opportunities for counterattack should be sought at all times.
Extract from : « Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 » by United States War Department

Mr. Cox led off, April 9th, in the defense, by counterattack.
Extract from : « The Great Conspiracy, Part 6 » by John Alexander Logan

After the fury of bombardment and counterattack, the relative silence was deafening.
Extract from : « World of the Drone » by Robert Abernathy

This counterattack was repulsed with heavy loss to the enemy.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VIII (of VIII) » by various

Belgian chasseurs had meanwhile been organizing for a counterattack.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) » by Various

The Anglo-Saxon peoples alone possess the counterattack—a rush.
Extract from : « The Drums Of Jeopardy » by Harold MacGrath

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