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counteruses

counteruses is the plural of counteruse.

counteruses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of counteruse.

Meaning of counteruse

Noun

counteruse (countable and uncountable, plural counteruses)

  1. The act of using something against someone or something.
    • The critical challenge now is not how to ward off a sneak attack but how to control an escalation that occurs in plain sight — for instance, a conventional conflict that goes wrong, leading to nuclear saber rattling, leading to the first use of a few small nuclear weapons on the battlefield...2024 December 2, William Langewiesche, “The Secret Pentagon War Game That Offers a Stark Warning for Our Time”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

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Questions about counteruses

What is counteruses the plural of?
Counteruses is the plural of counteruse.

Words near counteruses in the dictionary

  1. countertypes
  2. counterurbanisation
  3. counterurbanization
  4. counteruse
  5. counterused
  6. counteruses
  7. counterusing
  8. countervail
  9. countervailability
  10. countervailable
  11. countervailance

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