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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Sloth and superstition equally counterwork providence, and render the bounty of heaven of no effect.
From The History of Emily Montague by Frances Brooke
Would’st thou receive them, other thoughts there are, On angel-wing, descending from above, 1001 Which these, with art divine, would counterwork, And form celestial armour for thy peace.
From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Edward Young
By this time the Syracusan counterwork had almost passed the end of the Athenian wall, and if it were carried a few yards further, the siege of Syracuse would be brought to a standstill.
From Stories from Thucydides by H. L. (Herbert Lord) Havell
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 Julian Hawthorne
If men are to work together for their common welfare they must be truly in touch with one another; otherwise there is a spy at their councils, an incalculable force that may counterwork their plans.
From The Moral Economy by Ralph Barton Perry
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