as in counterattack
an attack made to counter an enemy's attack
after countless strikes and counterstrikes, the positions of both armies remained essentially unchanged
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Between Friday and Monday, during which Israel launched a measured counterstrike in Iran, the price for a barrel of oil tumbled $4.
OPEC has tried to establish a floor for oil prices this year with little success.
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Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
After the counterstrikes began, Anera helped W.C.K. obtain permission to enter Gaza, and the two groups began opening community kitchens together.
—Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
The region is currently bracing for Israel’s response to a ballistic missile barrage from Iran in late September and, in turn, a possible counterstrike from Iran.
—Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2024
Iran’s leaders likely saw themselves as having only bad choices: stand by and lose both what was left of its diminishing deterrence as an adversary and credibility as an ally, or enter the fray once more despite the risk of an even greater counterstrike from Israel.
—Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
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Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
After the counterstrikes began, Anera helped W.C.K. obtain permission to enter Gaza, and the two groups began opening community kitchens together.
—Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
The region is currently bracing for Israel’s response to a ballistic missile barrage from Iran in late September and, in turn, a possible counterstrike from Iran.
—Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2024
Iran’s leaders likely saw themselves as having only bad choices: stand by and lose both what was left of its diminishing deterrence as an adversary and credibility as an ally, or enter the fray once more despite the risk of an even greater counterstrike from Israel.
—Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Counterstrike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterstrike. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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