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counter-attacks

counter-attacks is the plural of counter-attack.

counter-attacks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of counter-attack.

Meaning of counter-attack

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

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Questions about counter-attacks

What is counter-attacks the plural of?
Counter-attacks is the plural of counter-attack.

Words near counter-attacks in the dictionary

  1. counter-attack
  2. counter-attacked
  3. counter-attacker
  4. counter-attackers
  5. counter-attacking
  6. counter-attacks
  7. counter-authoritarian
  8. counter-battery
  9. counter-canter
  10. counter-cantered
  11. counter-cantering

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