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countervirus

countervirus noun: a computer virus engineered to combat another specific computer virus.

Noun

countervirus (plural counterviruses)

  1. A computer virus engineered to combat another specific computer virus.

Forms of countervirus

pluralcounterviruses

Origin of countervirus

From counter- + virus.

Questions about countervirus

What does countervirus mean?
Countervirus means a computer virus engineered to combat another specific computer virus.
What part of speech is countervirus?
Countervirus is a noun.
What is the plural of countervirus?
The plural of countervirus is counterviruses.

Words near countervirus in the dictionary

  1. counterview
  2. counterviewpoint
  3. counterviewpoints
  4. counterviews
  5. counterviolence
  6. countervirus
  7. counterviruses
  8. countervision
  9. countervisions
  10. countervolition
  11. countervolitional

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