Meanings
plural counterattacks
- alternativeAlternative form of counter-attack.
present singular third person counterattacks · participle present counterattacking · participle past counterattacked · past counterattacked
- alternativeAlternative form of counter-attack.
For much of the game, Sunderland was trailing 1-0 after Sheffield United took the lead early on through a sweeping counterattacking move finished off by Tyrese Campbell.
2025 May 24, Issy Ronald, “Sunderland secures promotion to Premier League after winning ‘most valuable match’ in soccer with injury-time winner”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 May 2025
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.
noun(chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Cite this entry
counterattack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterattack
“counterattack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterattack. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterattack,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterattack.
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