counterblast

noun

coun·ter·blast | \ ˌkau̇n-tər-ˈblast

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variants: or less commonly counter-blast

plural counterblasts also counter-blasts

Definition of counterblast

: a forceful response or retaliation especially : an emphatic response to or rebuttal of another's argument, criticism, etc. … the uselessly combative essay he [Wordsworth] included in the 1815 edition of his poems, designed as a counterblast to Jeffrey and all his other critics … — Adam Kirsch There is reason to believe that the work on which Kant was engaged in the last years of his life was intended as a counter-blast to such critics. — W. H. Walsh

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