"counter-attack" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: counter-attack [singular], counter-attacks [plural]
Etymology: counter- + attack Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|counter|attack}} counter- + attack Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A counter-attack is an attack made in response to another attack.
    Sense id: simple-counter-attack-en-noun-radcUNfV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with counter-

Verb [English]

Forms: counter-attack [canonical], counter-attacks [third-person, singular], counter-attacked [past], counter-attacked [past, participle], counter-attacking [present, participle]
Etymology: counter- + attack Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|counter|attack}} counter- + attack Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you counter-attack a person, you attack them after they attack you.
    Sense id: simple-counter-attack-en-verb-HRMfe0tb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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