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counteroperation

counteroperation noun: a military operation in response to another operation.

Noun

counteroperation (plural counteroperations)

  1. A military operation in response to another operation.
    • In recent months, those tactics have come to include defensive maneuvers aimed at defusing the media counteroperations of the United States and its allies.2008 April 4, Michael Moss, “Rising Leader for Next Phase of Al Qaeda’s War”, in New York Times

Forms of counteroperation

pluralcounteroperations

Origin of counteroperation

From counter- + operation.

Questions about counteroperation

What does counteroperation mean?
Counteroperation means a military operation in response to another operation.
What part of speech is counteroperation?
Counteroperation is a noun.
What is the plural of counteroperation?
The plural of counteroperation is counteroperations.

Words near counteroperation in the dictionary

  1. counteroffering
  2. counteroffers
  3. counterofficial
  4. counteropening
  5. counteropenings
  6. counteroperation
  7. counteroperations
  8. counteropinion
  9. counteropinions
  10. counteropposition
  11. counteroppositional

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