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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterattackers
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There have been more than 1,280 shark incidents around Australia since 1791, of which more than 250 resulted in death, according to a database of the predators' encounters with humans.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026 -
However, these important apex predators eventually returned.—
Lisa Bloch,
Mercury News,
20 Jan. 2026
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As the man was allegedly being assaulted by one of the attackers, the other ran upstairs toward the man’s wife, police said.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
14 Jan. 2026
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Federal agencies are also issuing advisories about the group's social engineering techniques, noting how attackers impersonate help desks, abuse multi-factor authentication and harvest credentials to access corporate networks.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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The action sequences can get a bit weird, where at one point, the house just got blasted with hundreds of rounds from assault rifles, and the follow-up response to that is members of the team going outside and walking down an empty street, entirely exposed to any assailants.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
17 Jan. 2026
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They’re attacked by some of Andrei’s assailants, and Sasha gets stabbed.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
16 Jan. 2026
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The invaders left with the dog and another unidentified item or items, according to Lefebvre.—
Jack Perry,
The Providence Journal,
13 Jan. 2026
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Positively identify invaders and take steps to get rid of them.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Counterattackers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterattackers. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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