counterretreat

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noun

A military retreat in response to another retreat.

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Meanings

nouncounterretreat (plural counterretreats)

plural counterretreats

  1. rareA military retreat in response to another retreat.

    […] charges and countercharges, retreats and counterretreats, attackin' and fallin' back.

    2017, Jim Fergus, The Vengeance of Mothers, page 278
    1 more example

    DESTROYED BRIDGE over a gully had been left intact through every previous retreat and counterretreat by both sides.

    1942, LIFE, volume 13, number 25, page 99

Origin

From counter- + retreat.

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APA

counterretreat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterretreat

MLA

“counterretreat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterretreat. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterretreat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterretreat.

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