countermove
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- n an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.
- The attack prompted an audacious and secretIsraeli countermove.
- My preferred countermove--training my air vent to blow directly onto your head, often agitating a brief flurry of dandruff--doesn't always work as a deterrent.
- With complicated move and countermove, the four occupying powers settled down last week to the task of ruling conquered Germany.