counter-battery

A form of counterbattery — Directed against opposing artillery.

Meanings

adjectivecounter-battery (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of counterbattery.

    We were firing at top speed day and night on counter-battery work, neutralisation, and aeroplane shoots, and all spare men were commandeered to help feed the guns.

    2012, J.J. Webber, 178 Siege Battery R.G.A.: B.E.F. France: 1916-1918, page 15
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