counteraction

Example Sentences

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Earlier this week, North Korea warned of "resolute counteraction" to provocations ahead of joint military drills between South Korea and the US.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2025

It said they unanimously approved unspecified plans for counteraction.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 18, 2023

The meeting "discussed practical matters and measures for machinery to prepare various military action proposals that no means and ways of counteraction are available to the enemy," it added.

From Reuters • Apr. 10, 2023

As this chronicle shows, eradicating racism in all its forms requires constant vigilance and counteraction.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2021

The stronger volition actuates the system, but not without the counteraction of unavailing smaller ones; which constitute deliberation.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus