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countercity

countercity adjective: targeting a city.

Adjective

countercity (not comparable)

  1. Targeting a city.
    • A countercity strike would be a direct and intentional attack against noncombatants, representing a violation of noncombatant immunity on a mass scale—this besides the disproportionality of the destruction such a countercity strike would entail.1982, Military Chaplains' Review, volumes 132-135

Origin of countercity

From counter- + city.

Questions about countercity

What does countercity mean?
Countercity means targeting a city.
What part of speech is countercity?
Countercity is an adjective.

Words near countercity in the dictionary

  1. countercheer
  2. countercheers
  3. counterchord
  4. counterchords
  5. counterchurch
  6. countercity
  7. counterclaim
  8. counterclaimant
  9. counterclaimants
  10. counterclaimed
  11. counterclaimer

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