counterblow

Example Sentences

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The following year, the Kroll Opera, Otto Klemperer’s progressive Berlin company, delivered a counterblow to the nazification of Wagner when it mounted The Flying Dutchman in proletarian modern dress.

From The Guardian • Sep. 17, 2020

That’s probably the sort of thing we will do in Mali—and what we should do, if France’s rapid counterblow doesn’t stave off the threat.

From Slate • Jan. 17, 2013

The delay of the German counterblow was no serious sign of German weakness on the ground, but the absence of the Luftwaffe was significant.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus, presumably the only way to discourage attack is to prove to the potential enemy that an attack would be answered with an overwhelming counterblow.

From Time Magazine Archive

Blow and counterblow between the Spanish king, for the whole West-Indian commerce was a government job, and the merchant nobles of England.

From Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time by Kingsley, Charles