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counter-attack

counter-attack noun: an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents.

Noun

counter-attack (plural counter-attacks)

  1. An attack made in response to an attack by the opponents
    • Liverpool should really have taken the lead on 33 minutes. A lightning quick counter-attack was led by Jordan Henderson down the right.2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport

Verb

counter-attack (third-person singular simple present counter-attacks, present participle counter-attacking, simple past and past participle counter-attacked)

  1. To attack in response to an attack by opponents.
    • Taking a full-page advertisement in the New York Times, the New Haven counter-attacked with vigour.1959 September, “Talking of Trains: Attack and counter-attack”, in Trains Illustrated, page 405

counter-attack meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Arabic and Persian

counter-attack in Hindi

counter-attack
तोड़ toṛ

counter-attack in Tamil

எதிர்தாக்குதல், தாக்குதலை எதிர்த்துத் தாக்கு, புறம் போந்து தாக்கு

counter-attack in Arabic

an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents
هُجُوم مُضَادّ hujūm muḍādd

counter-attack in Persian

an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents
پاتَک pâtak, ضِدِّحَمْله zedd-e-hamle
More languagesFewer languages
counter-attack in Vietnamese
phản công

Synonyms of counter-attack

Antonyms

Forms of counter-attack

Noun
pluralcounter-attacks
alternative formcounterattack
Verb
third-person singular presentcounter-attacks
present participlecounter-attacking
past participlecounter-attacked
pastcounter-attacked

Origin of counter-attack

From counter- + attack.

Questions about counter-attack

What does counter-attack mean?
Counter-attack means an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents.
What is counter-attack in Hindi?
Counter-attack in Hindi is तोड़ (toṛ). See Counter-attack meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is counter-attack?
Counter-attack can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of counter-attack?
The plural of counter-attack is counter-attacks.

Words near counter-attack in the dictionary

  1. counter-apologist
  2. counter-apologists
  3. counter-argue
  4. counter-argument
  5. counter-argumentative
  6. counter-attack
  7. counter-attacked
  8. counter-attacker
  9. counter-attackers
  10. counter-attacking
  11. counter-attacks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: counter-attack (page history and authors); तोड़ (Hindi) (page history and authors); counter-attack (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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