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counterretreat

counterretreat noun: a military retreat in response to another retreat.

Noun

counterretreat (plural counterretreats)

  1. (rare) A military retreat in response to another retreat.
    • DESTROYED BRIDGE over a gully had been left intact through every previous retreat and counterretreat by both sides.1942, LIFE, volume 13, number 25, page 99
    • […] charges and countercharges, retreats and counterretreats, attackin' and fallin' back.2017, Jim Fergus, The Vengeance of Mothers, page 278

Forms of counterretreat

pluralcounterretreats

Origin of counterretreat

From counter- + retreat.

Questions about counterretreat

What does counterretreat mean?
Counterretreat means a military retreat in response to another retreat.
What part of speech is counterretreat?
Counterretreat is a noun.
What is the plural of counterretreat?
The plural of counterretreat is counterretreats.

Words near counterretreat in the dictionary

  1. counterrestoration
  2. counterrestriction
  3. counterrestrictions
  4. counterretaliation
  5. counterretaliations
  6. counterretreat
  7. counterretreats
  8. counterreversal
  9. counterreversals
  10. counterrevisionist
  11. counterrevisionists

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