SINCE 1828
counterretaliation
noun
coun·ter·re·tal·i·a·tion
| \ˌkau̇n-tər-ri-ˌta-lē-ˈā-shən,
-ˌrē-\
-ˌrē-\
variants:
or
counter-retaliation
plural counterretaliations
or counter-retaliations
Definition of counterretaliation
: an act of retaliating against a previous retaliatory act … provoke retaliatory strikes that are promptly followed by counterretaliation.— Robert Lekachman
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