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counterattackcoun‧ter‧at‧tack /ˈkaʊntərəˌtæk/ noun [countable] - Chavez unleashed a furious counterattack on his attacker.
- And Lisbie knew Fiona wasn't going to let this one pass without a major counterattack.
- But I still have to applaud this counterattack against tobacco's smoky glamour.
- But this week, the president embarked on a counterattack, using one of the guerrillas' favorite weapons: the media.
- His father's famous counterattack in the Daily Mirror sounds like the machine-gun rattle of an old-fashioned typewriter.
- Scattered in pursuit, they provided perfect weak points for our counterattack.
- Soft money helped pay for the contract and its follow-through, just as it helped finance the Democratic counterattack.
- This will spark rounds of attack and counterattack ads.
- You turn away from the onslaught and, in so doing, remove all possibility of a strong, scoring counterattack.
► attack noun [countable, uncountable] an act of using weapons against an enemy in a war: · The US was threatening to launch an attack on Iran.· The men had been carrying out rocket attacks on British forces.· Bombs have been falling throughout the night, and the city is still under attack (=being attacked). ► invasion noun [countable, uncountable] an occasion when an army enters a country and tries to take control of it: · The Allies began their invasion of Europe.· The threat of foreign invasion is very real. ► raid noun [countable] a short attack on a place by soldiers or planes, intended to cause damage but not take control: · an air raid· NATO warplanes carried out a series of bombing raids on the city.· The village has been the target of frequent raids by rebel groups. ► strike noun [countable] a sudden military attack, especially after a serious disagreement: · Senior Israeli officials warned that they were still considering a military strike.· the possibility of a nuclear strike ► assault noun [countable] a military attack intended to take control of a city, area, or building controlled by an enemy: · The final military assault on Kwangju began at 3 am on May 27.· Hitler launched an all-out assault (=using as many soldiers, weapons, planes etc as possible) on Russia. ► ambush noun [countable, uncountable] a sudden attack by people who have been waiting and hiding, especially an attack on a vehicle or people who are travelling somewhere: · Five soldiers were shot in the back and killed in the ambush.· Enemy forces waiting in ambush opened fire on the vehicle. ► counterattack noun [countable, uncountable] a military attack made in response to an attack by an enemy: · Government forces launched a counterattack against the guerillas.· If they successfully occupied the city, they would need to be capable of defending it against enemy counterattack. ► onslaught noun [countable] formal a large violent attack by an army: · In 1544 there was a full-scale onslaught on France, in which the English took Boulogne.· The troops were preparing for another onslaught against the enemy. nounattackcounterattackattackeradjectiveattackingcounterattackingverbattackcounterattack an attack you make against someone who has attacked you, in a war, sport, or argument—counterattack verb [intransitive, transitive] |