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counter-recoil

counter-recoil is the alternative form of counterrecoil.

Meaning of counterrecoil

Adjective

counterrecoil (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to opposition or counteracting of recoil in a gun.
    • The carriage consists of recoil and counterrecoil mechanism.

Questions about counter-recoil

What is counter-recoil the alternative form of?
Counter-recoil is the alternative form of counterrecoil.

Words near counter-recoil in the dictionary

  1. counter-quartered
  2. counter-Quranic
  3. counter-rallies
  4. counter-rally
  5. counter-rampant
  6. counter-recoil
  7. Counter-Reformation
  8. Counter-Reformations
  9. Counter-Reformer
  10. Counter-Reformers
  11. counter-revisionist

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