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- noun Plural form of
counterstrike .
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Examples
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Out for their own profit, bandits accosted individual American soldiers as well as foreign merchants along the National Road and in northern Mexico, where Zachary Taylor initiated punishing counterstrikes.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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Mr. Singh has shown remarkable restraint in recent years: He tried hard to strike a deal with former Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf in 2006, resisted calls for military counterstrikes after the 2008 Mumbai attacks, and is now facilitating rapprochement.
South Asia's Looming Arms Race Bruce Riedel 2011
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Out for their own profit, bandits accosted individual American soldiers as well as foreign merchants along the National Road and in northern Mexico, where Zachary Taylor initiated punishing counterstrikes.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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Come the counterstrikes: "He looks just like him!"
Gregory Weinkauf: Freddie's Dead, Long Live Freddie: Dreading the Queen Movie 2010
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Come the counterstrikes: "He looks just like him!"
Gregory Weinkauf: Freddie's Dead, Long Live Freddie: Dreading the Queen Movie Gregory Weinkauf 2010
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An example of Mr. Mayweather's crushing counterstrikes can be seen in his dramatic December 2007 knockout of the then-undefeated Ricky Hatton.
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An example of Mr. Mayweather's crushing counterstrikes can be seen in his dramatic December 2007 knockout of the then-undefeated Ricky Hatton.
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These included quick ground-based counterstrikes to disable enemy antisatellite jammers and lasers, and better space-based sensors to detect these attacks and perhaps enable the United States to forestall them by going “proactive.”
Space Invaders 2008
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These included quick ground-based counterstrikes to disable enemy antisatellite jammers and lasers, and better space-based sensors to detect these attacks and perhaps enable the United States to forestall them by going “proactive.”
Space Invaders 2008
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Come the counterstrikes: "He looks just like him!"
Gregory Weinkauf: Freddie's Dead, Long Live Freddie: Dreading the Queen Movie 2010
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