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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

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Définition 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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