counter-attack

counter-attack
counter-attacks, counter-attacking, counter-attacked
If you counter-attack, you attack someone who has attacked you.

The security forces counter-attacked the following day and quelled the unrest...

Marion's father counter-attacked by saying that Blaze's claims were cruel and untrue. [Also V n]

Syn:
N-COUNT
Counter-attack is also a noun.

The army began its counter-attack this morning.


English dictionary. 2008.

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