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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The first known use of counterblow was in 1655

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