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counterdemolition

counterdemolition noun: a demolition meant to retaliate for another.

Noun

counterdemolition (uncountable)

  1. (rare) A demolition meant to retaliate for another.
    • There was no counterdemolition to retaliate for the wholesale destruction carried out by the Civil Guards in the Finnish territory ceded to Russia.1943, Gregory Meiksins, chapter X, in The Baltic Riddle, New York: L. B. Fischer, page 185

Forms of counterdemolition

alternative formcounter-demolition

Origin of counterdemolition

From counter- + demolition.

Questions about counterdemolition

What does counterdemolition mean?
Counterdemolition means a demolition meant to retaliate for another.
What part of speech is counterdemolition?
Counterdemolition is a noun.

Words near counterdemolition in the dictionary

  1. counterdemand
  2. counterdemands
  3. counterdemo
  4. counterdemocracy
  5. counterdemocratic
  6. counterdemolition
  7. counterdemonic
  8. counterdemonstrate
  9. counterdemonstrated
  10. counterdemonstrates
  11. counterdemonstrating

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