Definition of Counterassault

1. Noun. An assault made in return for another; a counterattack. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Counterassault

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterassault

counteragent
counteragents
counteraggression
counteraggressions
counterair
counteranion
counteranions
counterappeal
counterappeals
counterargue
counterargued
counterargues
counterarguing
counterargument
counterarguments
counterattack
counterattacked
counterattacker
counterattackers
counterattacking
counterattacks
counterattract
counterattracted
counterattracting

Literary usage of Counterassault

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Story of the Great War by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Leonard Wood, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Austin Melvin Knight, Frederick Palmer, Frank Herbert Simonds, Arthur Brown Ruhl (1919)
"A German attack on June 8, 1918, to oust the Americans from the positions they held on the borders of the wood precipitated an energetic counterassault to ..."

2. A Different Sin by Rochelle Hollander Schwab (1993)
"Sheridan's cavalry had taken the crossroads of Cold Harbor, less than a day's march from Richmond; a counterassault by Confederate forces had been delayed ..."

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