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
Both parties understood that a first strike by one side would be matched by an equally destructive counterstrike by the other.
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Iain Boyd, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 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
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Iain Boyd, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterstrike
counterattack
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New York’s counterattack was quick, decisive and ended up again with Byrne in a one-on-one matchup, this time with New York’s Alonso Martinez.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Nov. 2025
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Ukrainians outnumbered, under fire Ukraine in recent days has launched counterattacks to push Russian forces back from the northern edge of Pokrovsk and keep a road there open to Myrnohrad.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Counterstrike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterstrike. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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