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单词 counterblast
释义

counterblast

noun

coun·​ter·​blast ˌkau̇n-tər-ˈblast How to pronounce counterblast (audio)
variants or less commonly counter-blast
plural counterblasts also counter-blasts
: a forceful response or retaliation
especially : an emphatic response to or rebuttal of another's argument, criticism, etc.
… the uselessly combative essay he [Wordsworth] included in the 1815 edition of his poems, designed as a counterblast to Jeffrey and all his other critics … Adam Kirsch
There is reason to believe that the work on which Kant was engaged in the last years of his life was intended as a counter-blast to such critics. W. H. Walsh

Word History

First Known Use

1567, in the meaning defined above

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