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

Still, district officials believe that the fast counteraction averted pervasive data theft.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2022

In pure mathematical reasoning about space, time, and number, provided the premises and the reasoning be correct, verification by a comparison with the facts may be needless, because there is no possibility of counteraction.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth