All counterattack synonyms
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C c 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.
- reciprocation — an act or instance of reciprocating.
- vengeance — infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person; violent revenge: But have you the right to vengeance?
- neutralization — the act, process, or an instance of neutralizing.
- countermove — A countermove is an action that someone takes in response to an action by another person or group.
- counteroffensive — a series of attacks by a defending force against an attacking enemy
- an eye for an eye — You say 'an eye for an eye' or 'an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth' to refer to the idea that people should be punished according to the way in which they offended, for example if they hurt someone, they should be hurt equally badly in return.
- attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
- defence — Defence is action that is taken to protect someone or something against attack.
- defense — the act or power of defending, or guarding against attack, harm, or danger
- retaliation — the act of retaliating; return of like for like; reprisal.
- response — an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
- reaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
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.
- oppose — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- reassemble — put back together
- fly in the face of — to move through the air using wings.
- turn the tables — an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.
- regroup — to form into a new or restructured group or grouping.
- stand up to — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- rally — to ridicule in a good-natured way; banter.
- re-form — When an organization, group, or shape re-forms, or when someone re-forms it, it is created again after a period during which it did not exist or existed in a different form.