Thesaurus results for COUNTERATTACK

counterattack

noun

ˈkau̇n-tər-ə-ˌtak

as in attack

an attack made to counter an enemy's attack suddenly the tide of battle turned, and the rebels, who had been falling back, made a furious counterattack

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Recent Examples of counterattack Allied’s dramatic comeback The German attack soon began to fade as the Allies launched a dramatic counterattack. —

Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025 Doing so would certainly count as a counterattack against the president’s lawlessness. —

Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 24 Dec. 2025 Ukraine claims rare battlefield gain On the frontlines, a rare Ukrainian counterattack has inflicted heavy losses on Russian troops in the Kharkiv region, according to the Ukrainian military and analysts. —

Tim Lister, CNN Money, 13 Dec. 2025 Syrskyi said Ukraine is conducting a strategic defensive operation designed to contain Russian advances, inflict heavy losses, and launch counterattacks where vulnerabilities appear. —

Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for counterattack

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Good's defenders – including city and state leaders – are calling what happened an unjustified attack; federal authorities say the agent was acting in self-defense.

— Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 9 Jan. 2026
In Kyiv, a CNN reporter said that the attack began around midnight, starting with multiple drone strikes on residential buildings.

— Kosta Gak, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026