Thesaurus results for COUNTERSTRIKE

counterstrike

noun

ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌstrīk

as in counterattack

an attack made to counter an enemy's attack after countless strikes and counterstrikes, the positions of both armies remained essentially unchanged

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Recent Examples of counterstrike That triggered an Israeli counterstrike in Gaza. —

David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 4 Dec. 2025 America's leadership has less than half an hour to decide whether to order a massive nuclear counterstrike. —

Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025 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, 22 Oct. 2025 Japan’s development of a counterstrike capability in particular will require the two countries to work much more closely together. —

Christopher Johnstone, Foreign Affairs, 12 Jan. 2023 See All Example Sentences for counterstrike

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counterattack

Noun

The American-Israeli military campaign set off a series of attacks and counterattacks that have hit or threatened several Gulf nations.

— Juliana Kim, NPR, 7 Mar. 2026
Iran’s counterattacks have targeted not just Israel, but also the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Jordan, and Lebanon, among others.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026