āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
counterattack
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counter-attack
Counterattack
01
āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖ, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖ
an attack made in response to someone else's attack
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Their counterattack surprised the opposing forces.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āĻˇ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻā§ āĻ
āĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖ
(chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board
to counterattack
01
āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to make an attack in response to someone else's attack
Intransitive
Transitive: to counterattack sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The boxer absorbed his opponent 's punches and then counterattacked with a swift combination.
āĻŦāĻā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻˇā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
