Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of counterattack
Two groups that have had ties to insurgents, the Islamic Party Fighters and forces of the 20th Revolution brigade, counterattacked in support of the local residents, apparently having turned against those insurgents because of their links to Al Qaeda.
2007 March 2, Alissa J. Rubin, “7 at a Baghdad Wedding Are Killed by a Car Bomb”, in New York Times
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterattacked,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterattacked.
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