"countermeasure" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkaʊntəmɛʒə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-countermeasure.wav [Southern-England] Forms: countermeasures [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛʒə(ɹ) Etymology: counter- + measure Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|counter|measure}} counter- + measure Head templates: {{en-noun}} countermeasure (plural countermeasures)
  1. Any action taken to counteract or correct another. Translations (action): հակամիջոց (hakamiǰocʻ) (Armenian), контрме́ра (kontrmjéra) [feminine] (Belarusian), 對策 (Chinese Mandarin), 对策 (duìcè) (Chinese Mandarin), vastatoimi (Finnish), contre-mesure [feminine] (French), Gegenmaßnahme [feminine] (German), αντίμετρο (antímetro) [neuter] (Greek), contromisura [feminine] (Italian), 対策 (taisaku) (alt: たいさく) (Japanese), 대책 (daechaek) (alt: 對策) (Korean), противмерка (protivmerka) [feminine] (Macedonian), contramedida [feminine] (Portuguese), контрме́ра (kontrméra) [feminine] (Russian), contramedida [feminine] (Spanish), motåtgärd [common-gender] (Swedish), контрмі́ра (kontrmíra) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-countermeasure-en-noun-wPPXRCWf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with counter- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with counter-: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'action': 100 0
  2. (military, chiefly in the plural) Any of the devices and techniques used to impair the operational effectiveness of an enemy. Tags: in-plural Categories (topical): Military Translations (military device or technique): հակամիջոց (hakamiǰocʻ) (Armenian), контрме́ра (kontrmjéra) [feminine] (Belarusian), przeciwśrodek [masculine] (Polish), контрме́ра (kontrméra) [feminine] (Russian), контрмі́ра (kontrmíra) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-countermeasure-en-noun-MCpkdxUb Categories (other): English terms prefixed with counter- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with counter-: 55 45 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'military device or technique': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anticountermeasure, countercountermeasure

Inflected forms

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