counteraggressions

variants or counter-aggressions
plural of counteraggression

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for counteraggressions
Noun
  • Then, Ukraine reclaimed significant ground in Kharkiv and Kherson oblasts during counteroffensives.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Initial Russian gains occurred primarily in the early months of the war, with Ukrainian counteroffensives regaining significant areas in Kharkiv and Kherson provinces.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Enzo Fernández’s influence in midfield has grown as Chelsea seeks to control matches with possession and tempo, though their defensive lapses remain a concern against quick counterattacks.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • For its part, the Ukrainian military has claimed to have recovered some 70 square miles of territory in the Pokrovsk area over the past two months, in a series of counterattacks.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Matthew and Christina were both in critical condition following the shooting, their family said in a GoFundMe set up immediately after the attacks.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Long forward passes in transition are common, rather than expansive, intricate attacks.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In basic multiplayer fashion, there are bottlenecked spaces for ambushes, and everything loops together just fine for flanking.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Aside from games like volleyball and dominoes, Gach says some children stage fake ambushes on one another while pretending to be government forces or rebel fighters.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Stars struggled to find the target on their three attempts against Sergei Bobrovsky in the shootout.
    Adam H. Beasley, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Shot attempts were 25-12, scoring chances were 11-5 and HD chances were 3-0.
    Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Ising’s case is among a series of incidents The Star has reported on in recent months in which fire department employees charged with serious crimes — including assaults, a felony drug case and multiple DWIs — were allowed to remain on the job, some for years.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Vril and Agartha have thrived in part because of the way the editors mix brainrot and bigotry, disguising their ideological assaults in the fried fog of GifTok rap gibberish.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Midnight curfews, daily air raids and wounded veterans on the runway put the reality of war front and centre.
    Finbarr Toesland, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Grygorova, 19, who lives in Kharkiv, a city near the Ukrainian-Russian border, said despite the constant rocket attacks, drones, air raids, and explosions, her thoughts are always with the people suffering through the continuous combat.
    Terry Collins, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Wednesday’s ballistic missile launches by North Korea were the first of their kind since the country on May 8 tested short-range systems that simulated nuclear counterstrikes against US and South Korean forces.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Counteraggressions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counteraggressions. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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