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- [noun koun-ter-uh-tak; verb koun-ter-uh-tak, koun-ter-uh-tak]
- /noun ˈkaʊn tər əˌtæk; verb ˌkaʊn tər əˈtæk, ˈkaʊn tər əˌtæk/
- /ˈkaʊn.tər.ə.tæk/
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- [noun koun-ter-uh-tak; verb koun-ter-uh-tak, koun-ter-uh-tak]
- /noun ˈkaʊn tər əˌtæk; verb ˌkaʊn tər əˈtæk, ˈkaʊn tər əˌtæk/
Definitions of counterattack word
- intransitive verb counterattack If you counterattack, you attack someone who has attacked you. 3
- noun counterattack an attack in response to an attack 3
- verb counterattack to make a counterattack (against) 3
- noun counterattack an attack made in opposition to, or in reprisal for, another attack 3
- verb transitive counterattack to attack in reprisal, or so as to offset the enemy's attack 3
- noun counterattack an attack made as an offset or reply to another attack. 1
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Origin of counterattack
First appearance:
before 1915 One of the 14% newest English words
First recorded in 1915-20; counter- + attack
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Parts of speech for Counterattack
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counterattack popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 55% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
counterattack usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for counterattack
noun counterattack
- retribution — requital according to merits or deserts, especially for evil.
- revenge — to exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of, especially in a resentful or vindictive spirit: He revenged his murdered brother.
- reprisal — (in warfare) retaliation against an enemy, for injuries received, by the infliction of equal or greater injuries.
- counterblow — a retaliatory blow
- counteraction — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
verb counterattack
- resist — to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
- run counter to — to have a contrary effect or action to
- bestir — to cause (oneself, or, rarely, another person) to become active; rouse
- call in question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- face down — Also, face-down. Informal. a direct confrontation; showdown.
Antonyms for counterattack
noun counterattack
- forgiveness — act of forgiving; state of being forgiven.
- pardon — kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience: I beg your pardon, but which way is Spruce Street?
- sympathy — harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another.
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