counterblast
Americannoun
noun
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an aggressive response to a verbal attack
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a blast that counteracts another
Etymology
Origin of counterblast
Example Sentences
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We can also expect the beginning of a counterblast of speeches, editorials and comments from those in charge of the CIA at the time attacking the Congressional report.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2014
But always with that original note hanging in the air, as both counterblast and guiding horn.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 6, 2014
Nevertheless, for all his reasonableness, The Last Days of Detroit is a sustained counterblast to the received wisdom that the city is a place devoid of hope and doomed to a terminal, post-industrial decline.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 13, 2013
For Christian apologists, it was a welcome counterblast to recent antireligious best sellers like “God Is Not Great” by , “The God Delusion” by and “Letter to a Christian Nation” by .
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2010
The exploits of the hero himself are coarse and hideous failures, and the whole poem can only be taken as a counterblast to the spirit of chivalry.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
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