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Definition of Countermoves
1. countermove [v] - See also: countermove
Lexicographical Neighbors of Countermoves
Literary usage of Countermoves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"This protocol can then be analyzed into a number of episodes or sequences of
moves and possible countermoves generated from an initial or base move ..."
2. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1896)
"But it is not very satisfactory to follow through a series of countermoves, except
in the war games, for the simple reason that you cannot assume your ..."
3. Bismarck by Charles Grant Robertson (1919)
"Full justice to the diplomatic moves and countermoves would require a large canvas
and elaborate detail. In France, Austria, Italy, and the German States, ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1891)
"... moves and countermoves of the delicate game in which Cavour and Mazzini were
endeavouring to checkmate each other, Garibaldi turned to his subordinate ..."
5. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1894)
"The memoirs of the time are full of the affair with all the moves and countermoves.
Beaumarchais circulated a saying of ..."
6. The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571 by Kenneth M. Setton (1978)
"... it is no longer possible to envisage with much accuracy either the details of
the Turkish offensive or the Christians' countermoves.34 The Hospitallers ..."
7. NATO's Future: Toward a New Transatlantic Bargain by Stanley R. Sloan (1995)
"... actions which invite Soviet retaliatory measures promise only a continued
sequence of expensive and potentially destabilizing moves and countermoves. ..."
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