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counterattack

['kauntərətæk] n 		stresses
gen. ответный удар (Notburga)
counterattack ['kauntərətæk] n
gen. контратака; контрнаступление
box. ответное наступление
chess.term. встречная атака; контрнападение
Gruzovik, mil. контрнападение
mil. контрудар
counterattack ['kauntərətæk] v
gen. контратаковать; вести контрнаступление; нанести контрудар (Notburga); нанести ответный удар (Notburga); остановить продвижение передовых подразделений противника
mil. организовать контратаку (Andrey Truhachev)
 English thesaurus
counterattack ['kauntərətæk] n
mil. Attack by a part or all of a defending force against an enemy attacking force, for such specific purposes as regaining ground lost or cutting off or destroying enemy advance units, and with the general objective of denying to the enemy the attainment of his purpose in attacking. In sustained defensive operations, it is undertaken to restore the battle position and is directed at limited objectives
mil., abbr. catk
counterattack to ['kauntərətæk] n
mil., logist. To react in an offensive way in order to: 1. either destroy an enemy committed in an attack, stop him at least while inflicting losses and regaining psychological advantage on him; 2. or restoring the integrity of a disposition by destroying or, at least, driving out the enemy committed in it. FRA
Counterattack
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