counterambush

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noun

An ambush set up in response to another ambush.

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Meanings

nouncounterambush (plural counterambushes)

plural counterambushes

  1. An ambush set up in response to another ambush.
verbcounterambush (third-person singular simple present counterambushes, present participle counterambushing, simple past and past participle counterambushed)

present singular third person counterambushes · participle present counterambushing · participle past counterambushed · past counterambushed

  1. To set up an ambush in response to another ambush.

Origin

From counter- + ambush.

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APA

counterambush. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterambush

MLA

“counterambush.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterambush. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterambush,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterambush.

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