counterattack

Word family  noun attack counterattack attacker adjective attacking counterattacking verb attack counterattack

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++coun·ter·at·tack /ˈkaʊntərəˌtæk/ noun [countable]  ATTACKan attack you make against someone who has attacked you, in a war, sport, or argument 反攻，反击 —counterattack verb [intransitive, transitive]

Examples from the Corpus

counterattack• But this week, the president embarked on a counterattack, using one of the guerrillas' favorite weapons: the media.• This will spark rounds of attack and counterattack ads.• Soft money helped pay for the contract and its follow-through, just as it helped finance the Democratic counterattack.• His father's famous counterattack in the Daily Mirror sounds like the machine-gun rattle of an old-fashioned typewriter.• Chavez unleashed a furious counterattack on his attacker.• And Lisbie knew Fiona wasn't going to let this one pass without a major counterattack.• Scattered in pursuit, they provided perfect weak points for our counterattack.• You turn away from the onslaught and, in so doing, remove all possibility of a strong, scoring counterattack.• But I still have to applaud this counterattack against tobacco's smoky glamour.

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counterattack
coun‧ter‧at‧tack /ˈkaʊntərəˌtæk/ noun [countable]an attack you make against someone who has attacked you, in a war, sport, or argument
—counterattack verb [intransitive and transitive]
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ attack noun [uncountable and countable] an act of using weapons against an enemy in a war: The US was threatening to launch an attack on Iran. | The men had been carrying out rocket attacks on British forces. | Bombs have been falling throughout the night, and the city is still under attack (=being attacked).
   ▪ invasion noun [uncountable and countable] an occasion when an army enters a country and tries to take control of it: The Allies began their invasion of Europe. | The threat of foreign invasion is very real.
   ▪ raid noun [countable] a short attack on a place by soldiers or planes, intended to cause damage but not take control: an air raid | NATO warplanes carried out a series of bombing raids on the city. | The village has been the target of frequent raids by rebel groups.
   ▪ strike noun [countable] a sudden military attack, especially after a serious disagreement: Senior Israeli officials warned that they were still considering a military strike. | the possibility of a nuclear strike
   ▪ assault noun [countable] a military attack intended to take control of a city, area, or building controlled by an enemy: The final military assault on Kwangju began at 3 am on May 27. | Hitler launched an all-out assault (=using as many soldiers, weapons, planes etc as possible) on Russia.
   ▪ ambush noun [uncountable and countable] a sudden attack by people who have been waiting and hiding, especially an attack on a vehicle or people who are travelling somewhere: Five soldiers were shot in the back and killled in the ambush. | Enemy forces waiting in ambush opened fire on the vehicle.
   ▪ counterattack noun [uncountable and countable] a military attack made in response to an attack by an enemy: Government forces launched a counterattack against the guerillas. | If they successfully occupied the city, they would need to be capable of defending it against enemy counterattack.
   ▪ onslaught noun [countable] formal a large violent attack by an army: In 1544 there was a full-scale onslaught on France, in which the English took Boulogne. | The troops were preparing for another onslaught against the enemy.