"counterforce" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From counter- + force. Etymology templates: {{af|en|counter-|force}} counter- + force Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} counterforce (not comparable)
  1. (military) Targeting an opponent's military assets, such as missile silos, rather than other valuable assets such as cities and civilian populations. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Military, Nuclear warfare Derived forms: controlled counterforce war
    Sense id: en-counterforce-en-adj-JfWrKs2K Disambiguation of Nuclear warfare: 87 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with counter- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 78 22 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with counter-: 68 32 Topics: government, military, politics, war

Noun [English]

Forms: counterforces [plural]
Etymology: From counter- + force. Etymology templates: {{af|en|counter-|force}} counter- + force Head templates: {{en-noun}} counterforce (plural counterforces)
  1. A force that opposes another force. Translations (force that opposes another force): vastavoima (Finnish), frithfhórsa [masculine] (Irish), motvikt motkraft (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-counterforce-en-noun-~Xo7a2vf

Inflected forms

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