counterwork
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
noun
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work done in opposition to other work
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defensive fortifications put up against attack
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Etymology
Origin of counterwork
Example Sentences
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He is bound in these reports and audiences, not to counterwork the Cabinet; not to divide it; not to undermine the position of any of his colleagues in the Royal favor.
From Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists by Froude, James Anthony
How shall I counterwork his plots or detect his coadjutor?
From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American by Hawthorne, Julian
Let it be to abjure thy malice; to counterwork this hellish stratagem; to turn from me and from my brother this desolating rage!
From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American by Hawthorne, Julian
On the 10th October, 1688, William issued an address, dated at the Hague, and another from the same place, dated 24th October, intended to counterwork James's retractations.
From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)
It removed one of the two influences which had protected Constantine and enabled him to counterwork Entente policy and strategy in the Near East.
From A Short History of the Great War by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)
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