as in counterattack
an attack made to counter an enemy's attack the army launched a counteroffensive at dawn

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Recent Examples of counteroffensive And after that delay, the momentum on the front lines changed from Ukraine pursuing a mostly unsuccessful counteroffensive, to being largely in defense. Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025 Democrats have focused their early counteroffensives on Musk, who is viewed more negatively than positively overall, according to the Pew survey. Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025 After the unsuccessful counteroffensive of 2023, the administration helped Ukraine create three vectors of action that would weaken Moscow’s ability to prosecute the war indefinitely and thus put pressure on it to negotiate seriously. Thomas Wright, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2025 As part of his counteroffensive, the company created the Third Party Fact-Checkers, or Independent Fact-checkers, program to address misinformation on its platforms. Jorge Ramis, WIRED, 11 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for counteroffensive
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counterattack
Noun
  • Anders Dreyer doubled the lead in the 58th minute with his sixth goal of the season on an impressive counterattack.
    Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 15 May 2025
  • Houston threw numbers behind the ball for most of the game to avoid getting hit by the deadly counterattacks and transitions KC has been known for.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2025

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“Counteroffensive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counteroffensive. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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