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counterstroke

[ koun-ter-strohk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

First recorded in 1590–1600; counter- + stroke ¹

And if you suggest a fault, its panegyrists are always ready with a counterstroke.

Hancock made a fierce counterstroke, and the remnant of the Confederates retreated.

Counterstroke after counterstroke had failed, and Russia was now tottering towards a collapse.

Such was the faith required of Ulysses, but now comes the internal counterstroke: his skepticism.

The Russian counterstroke penetrated into Eylau itself and Napoleon himself was in serious danger.

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