SINCE 1828
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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