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Counterattack
01
an attack made in response to someone else's attack
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
complex compound
Countable
Plural form
counterattacks
Examples
The army launched a counterattack to regain lost ground.
02
(chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board
to counterattack
01
to make an attack in response to someone else's attack
Intransitive
Transitive: to counterattack sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
Compound
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
counterattack
3rd person singular
counterattacks
Present participle
counterattacking
Past simple
counterattacked
Past participle
counterattacked
Examples
Faced with unexpected aggression, the team quickly counterattacked.
