SINCE 1828
counterblow
noun
coun·ter·blow
| \ˌkau̇n-tər-ˈblō
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variants:
or
counter-blow
plural counterblows
or counter-blows
Definition of counterblow
: an action taken in reprisal : a return blow : retaliation … US policy makers who could go forward in the East without much fear of a Soviet counterblow in the West.— Charles Wheeler
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