countercharge
Americannoun
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a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser
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military a retaliatory charge
verb
Etymology
Origin of countercharge
Example Sentences
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Alcocer worked on creating a countercharge to detonate the fireworks inside the vessel, according to the inspector general’s report.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
The 150-year-old, recently digitized map depicts the Battle of Antietam — not with the usual scenes of charge and countercharge, but as one vast cemetery.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2020
It’s the stuff of the cheating husband whose wife finds a telltale hotel receipt in his suit and who responds to her charge with the outraged countercharge, “You went through my pockets?”
From Time ● Mar. 31, 2014
In this environment of acrimony and charge and countercharge, the anger of Majed al-Muhammad, the retired sergeant major, was of a type fueled by frustration and loss.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2012
In making war on theories I cannot hope to escape a countercharge of theorizing.
From The Three Brontës by Sinclair, May
The challenger barely stepped out of the way when the alpha countercharged.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2019
His union countercharged that a group of fly-by-night dressmakers were chiseling on union contracts.
From Time Magazine Archive
Scoffing at Mason's figures, Purdy countercharged that Argosy, according to his own newsstand espionage report, had not even been making its circulation guarantee for the past year.
From Time Magazine Archive
The jury's foreman immediately denied the accusation, countercharged that the suicide was the result of Goldfarb's fear that his superiors would take revenge on him for cooperating in the grand jury's inquiry.
From Time Magazine Archive
Those not in line, being close, countercharged, driving the enemy and establishing a connected line.
From A Historic Sketch Lest We Forget Company E 26th Ohio Infantry by Kelly, Walden
Actual controlled detonations were more common in decades past, because without advanced robotic technology, countercharging was the easiest way to render bombs safe.
From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2013
But this apparent innocence did not keep the Chinese from countercharging that Japanese had caused the flood by shelling and bombing the dikes near Kaifeng.
From Time Magazine Archive
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