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  • noun A thrust made against another; a counterblow.

Etymologies

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counter- +‎ thrust

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Examples

  • You can have so much harmony that there will not be enough of the thrust and counterthrust which is life -- enough of the competition which means effort and progress.

    My Life and Work Henry Ford 1905

  • You can have so much harmony that there will not be enough of the thrust and counterthrust which is life ” enough of the competition which means effort and progress.

    My Life and Work Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 1922

  • Also, do you really think repeating the part about them being related to each other is some kind of brilliant counterthrust?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » The William F. Buckley Clause of the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 2010

  • Also, do you really think repeating the part about them being related to each other is some kind of brilliant counterthrust?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » The William F. Buckley Clause of the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 2010

  • But now he needed to do more than dodge and block and counterthrust … and he needed to be able to do it by tomorrow.

    Worldshaker Richard Harland 2009

  • But now he needed to do more than dodge and block and counterthrust … and he needed to be able to do it by tomorrow.

    Worldshaker Richard Harland 2009

  • By Tuesday, “a secret, self-dubbed think tank of a dozen men was hard at work, modeling the counterthrust that would shock the opaque Kremlin,” reported Look magazine.

    The Two First Ladies Davis, Margaret Leslie 2008

  • The other drags on the economy -- the rising trade deficit and the government budget surplus -- mean that growth depends on an ever-larger counterthrust from consumer spending.

    'Hell No, We Won't Save!' 2008

  • A counterthrust temporarily relieved the pressure on Moscow (Dec. 6), and the Russians were also able to retake Kalinin (Dec. 16).

    Nov. 15 2001

  • Ibn Yusuf landed at Algeciras (1086) and, with the support of Sevilla (Seville), began a successful counterthrust against the Christians (defeat of Alfonso at Zallaka, 1086).

    2. Castile 2001

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