Meaning

1 senses

  1. To perform a counterstrike.

    Near-synonym: fight back

More definitions
  • make a counterattack

Origin

From counter- + strike. Compare counterstroke.

From counter- + strike. Compare counterstroke.

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Forms

counterstrikes, counterstriking, counterstruck, counterstruck
Base formcounterstrike · to counterstrike
3rd person singularcounterstrikes
Present participlecounterstriking
Past simplecounterstruck
Past participlecounterstruck

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycounterstrike
he, she, itcounterstrikes

Past simpleLesson

all personscounterstruck

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave counterstruck
he, she, ithas counterstruck

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill counterstrike

Synonyms

2 synonyms
fight backcounterattack
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
counterpartcounterpointcounterproductiveC2countertopcountesscountlessB1
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