counterraid
counterraid noun: a raid carried out in response to another raid.
Noun
counterraid (plural counterraids)
- A raid carried out in response to another raid.
- England was a confusion of warring camps, where families and towns and countrysides were split into hating factions; everywhere there was treason and countertreason, and raid and counterraid.2010, John Dos Passos, The Ground We Stand on: The History of a Political Creed, page 99
Verb
counterraid (third-person singular simple present counterraids, present participle counterraiding, simple past and past participle counterraided)
- To carry out a counterraid.
Forms of counterraid
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | counterraids |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | counterraids |
| present participle | counterraiding |
| past participle | counterraided |
| past | counterraided |
Origin of counterraid
From counter- + raid.
Questions about counterraid
- What does counterraid mean?
- Counterraid means a raid carried out in response to another raid.
- What part of speech is counterraid?
- Counterraid can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of counterraid?
- The plural of counterraid is counterraids.
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