counterstroke

[koun-ter-strohk]

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noun

a stroke or blow given in return.
Medicine/Medical. contrecoup.

Origin of counterstroke

First recorded in 1590–1600; counter- + stroke¹

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Related Words for counterstroke

retribution, vengeance, retaliation, counterblow, requital, counterstroke

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Historical Examples of counterstroke

And if you suggest a fault, its panegyrists are always ready with a counterstroke.
American Sketches
Charles Whibley
Late that evening Frank advised his paper of a counterstroke.
Port O' Gold
Louis John Stellman
We must make of his every attempt an opportunity for a counterstroke.
Some Principles of Maritime Strategy
Julian Stafford Corbett
Yet the settlers felt much safer when they learned that the redoubtable George Rogers Clark intended a counterstroke.
The Border Watch
Joseph A. Altsheler
Stroke and counterstroke and parry of rapiers and lightning-like motion glinted in the air.
Orphans of the Storm
Henry MacMahon