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

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

She said North Korea will take “the toughest counteraction to the last” to protect its national security.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2022

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

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2022

But as the Earth is not the only celestial body possessing attraction, it is evident that there may be a point in space where the respective attractions may be entirely annihilated by mutual counteraction.

From All Around the Moon by Roth, Edward