counterblast
Americannoun
noun
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an aggressive response to a verbal attack
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a blast that counteracts another
Etymology
Origin of counterblast
Example Sentences
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“The Silk Roads: A New History of the World” is a counterblast to another ambitious book from an earlier generation, J.M.
From Economist ● Aug. 20, 2015
We can also expect the beginning of a counterblast of speeches, editorials and comments from those in charge of the CIA at the time attacking the Congressional report.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2014
But always with that original note hanging in the air, as both counterblast and guiding horn.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 6, 2014
Nevertheless, for all his reasonableness, The Last Days of Detroit is a sustained counterblast to the received wisdom that the city is a place devoid of hope and doomed to a terminal, post-industrial decline.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 13, 2013
"It isn't decided yet," he said, as they made their way towards the luncheon room, "whether there is to be a counterblast."
From Nobody's Man by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
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