counterbattery

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adjective

Directed against opposing artillery.

“counterbattery fire”

OriginEnglish battery ← Middle French batterie ← Old French baterie →
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Meanings

adjectivecounterbattery (not comparable)

alternative counter-battery

  1. not comparablegovernmentDirected against opposing artillery.

    counterbattery fire

    1 more example

    counterbattery tactics

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
counterartillery

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Proto-Italic*komteros
  6. Proto-Italic*komterād
  7. Latincontrā
  8. Old Frenchcontre-
  9. Anglo-Normancountre-
  10. Middle Englishcounter-
  11. Englishcounter-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*bʰedʰh₂-
  13. Latinbattuō
  14. Latinbattere
  15. Old Frenchbatre
  16. Old Frenchbaterie
  17. Middle Frenchbatterie
  18. Englishbattery
  19. Englishcounterbattery

From counter- + battery.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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