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counterattack
noun as in retaliation
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Example Sentences
Lifting martial law during a temporary ceasefire could create unexpected consequences – including the flight of hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the front line – just as Russia prepared a counterattack.
Less than two minutes later, a Canadian counterattack was spoiled by a hard tackle in the box.
Panama took a defensive posture from the start, playing with a five-man back line and crowding the midfield with four more, generating what little offense it produced on the counterattack.
All have counterattacked; on Monday, China imposed tariffs on U.S. farm products, thus hitting Trump’s rural base.
What we can say about it is that he said he didn't stop the counterattack, every manager would say they prefer the second yellow than a counterattack that goes on.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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