counterstroke
[koun-ter-strohk]
- a stroke or blow given in return.
- Medicine/Medical. contrecoup.
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Origin of counterstroke
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And if you suggest a fault, its panegyrists are always ready with a counterstroke.
American SketchesCharles Whibley
Late that evening Frank advised his paper of a counterstroke.
Port O' GoldLouis John Stellman
We must make of his every attempt an opportunity for a counterstroke.
Some Principles of Maritime StrategyJulian Stafford Corbett
Yet the settlers felt much safer when they learned that the redoubtable George Rogers Clark intended a counterstroke.
The Border WatchJoseph A. Altsheler
Stroke and counterstroke and parry of rapiers and lightning-like motion glinted in the air.
Orphans of the StormHenry MacMahon