COUNTERMOVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does countermove mean? 

• COUNTERMOVE (noun)
  The noun COUNTERMOVE has 1 sense:

1. an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.

  Familiarity information: COUNTERMOVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COUNTERMOVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

counterattack; countermove

Hypernyms ("countermove" is a kind of...):

attack; onrush; onset; onslaught ((military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "countermove"):

riposte ((fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge)