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countermove
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun countermove has 1 sense
- countermove(n = noun.act) counterattack - an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.; Array is a kind of attack, onrush, onset, onslaught
has particulars: riposte
CIDE DICTIONARY
countermove, v. t. & i.
To move in a contrary direction to. [1913 Webster]
countermove, n.
A movement in opposition to another. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
countermove, n. & v.
--n. a move or action in opposition to another.
--v.intr. make a countermove.
--n. a move or action in opposition to another.
--v.intr. make a countermove.
Derivative
countermovement n.
THESAURUS
countermove
action, ad hoc measure, answer, artifice, contrivance, coup, course of action, demarche, device, dodge, effort, expedient, gimmick, improvisation, jury-rig, jury-rigged expedient, last expedient, last resort, last shift, makeshift, maneuver, means, measure, move, pis aller, resort, resource, shake-up, shift, solution, step, stopgap, stratagem, stroke, stroke of policy, tactic, temporary expedient, trick, trump, working hypothesis, working proposition
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