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counter attack

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coun⋅ter⋅at⋅tack

[n. koun-ter-uh-tak; v. koun-ter-uh-tak, koun-ter-uh-tak]
–noun
1. an attack made as an offset or reply to another attack.
2. Military. an attack by a ground combat unit to drive back an enemy attack.
–verb (used with object)
3. to make a counterattack against.
–verb (used without object)
4. to deliver a counterattack.

Origin:
1915–20; counter- + attack
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