COUNTERAGGRESSION Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

counteraggression

noun

Definition of counteraggression

as in counterassault

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Noun

The 77-minute siege ended with a counterassault led by a SWAT team from the US Border Patrol.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Feb. 2023
Another risk is that Russia’s invasion and the West’s financial counterassault could prove more economically disruptive than the pandemic.

— Nick Timiraos, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022

Definition of counterassault

Noun

Suarez also set up Sveindís Jónsdóttir on a counterattack in the 72nd minute for Angel City’s third goal.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2026
With Cincinnati on the counterattack, central midfielder Evander fired a pass to striker Tom Barlow who tapped it to Gidi near central position outside the box.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of counterattack

Noun

Marshall's campaign, for its part, bet heavily on an attack ad surrounding claims that Hamilton protected a pedophile.

— Grace Hills, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026
In the Dnipro area, rescuers pulled a woman alive from the rubble Tuesday morning, after a Russian attack killed one person and wounded 17, local authorities said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of attack

Noun

Russia occupied Izyum, where Fox said her brother settled, for six months in 2022, but Ukraine later recaptured it in a major counteroffensive.

— Garrett Haake, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026
Instead, a Ukrainian counteroffensive drove the occupiers out.

— Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of counteroffensive

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In recent days, Lanmò San Jou, leader of the 400 Mawozo gang, which participated in the ambush on the Salvadorans, has released several videos on social media and addressed Bukele directly.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
The missing air technicians, catalyst for this deployment, disappeared earlier this month after an apparent gang ambush.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of ambush

Noun

There’s no sense of effort or craft behind the music itself, and the duo’s latest attempts at iconoclasm feel sneeringly contemptuous.

— Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026
Harding made seven of his eight attempts to add 12 in the first half and excelled in his role as the team’s floor general as the Horned Frogs shot 53% from the field in the first half and knocked down six 3-pointers.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of attempt

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The government had been lobbying for such an arrangement for months, framed largely around the threat of Russian aggression against NATO’s Eastern border.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
Rather it is aimed at helping Ukraine deter future Russian aggression, said Bateman, the force commander.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of aggression

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