countercharge

Example Sentences

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Alcocer worked on creating a countercharge to detonate the fireworks inside the vessel, according to the inspector general’s report.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2023

The 150-year-old, recently digitized map depicts the Battle of Antietam — not with the usual scenes of charge and countercharge, but as one vast cemetery.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2020

It’s the stuff of the cheating husband whose wife finds a telltale hotel receipt in his suit and who responds to her charge with the outraged countercharge, “You went through my pockets?”

From Time • Mar. 31, 2014

In this environment of acrimony and charge and countercharge, the anger of Majed al-Muhammad, the retired sergeant major, was of a type fueled by frustration and loss.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2012

The front ranks of the French replied with spirit, but when the British had completed their manœuver, Colborne gave the order, his men cheered in response, and the countercharge began.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan