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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
counter-attack .
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Examples
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Khayr says the troops then counter-attacked and killed 21 insurgents.
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Then the Mexican forces counter-attacked, spurred on by well organized cavalry, led by Porfirio Díaz, who would subsequently become President of Mexico.
Did You Know? Cinco de Mayo is more widely celebrated in USA than Mexico 2009
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Then the Mexican forces counter-attacked, spurred on by well organized cavalry, led by Porfirio Díaz, who would subsequently become President of Mexico.
Did You Know? Cinco de Mayo is more widely celebrated in USA than Mexico 2009
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Bishop Macedo issued a generic apology, then counter-attacked, blaming Rede Globo, his main competitor in the open channel TV market for exploiting the event to boost its market share.
Eric Ehrmann: Billionaire Bishop Charged With Bilking Brazil's Pentacostals, Sending Money to US Eric Ehrmann 2011
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Then the Mexican forces counter-attacked, spurred on by well organized cavalry, led by Porfirio Díaz, who would subsequently become President of Mexico.
Did You Know? Cinco de Mayo is more widely celebrated in USA than Mexico 2009
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The most likely route of attack would be surreptitiously planting a bomb or bombs, not attacking in recognizable groups that could be deterred or counter-attacked by aerial bombing or firing guns or missiles from helicopters.
William Hartung: Rethinking the Saudi Arms Deal William Hartung 2010
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Tondo, with the help of Movistar teammate Juan Mauricio Soler, fended off attacks from second-place rider José Serpa Androni and counter-attacked near the end to widen his overall margin by four seconds.
Messineo wins in Argentina’s Tour de San Luis, Tondo retains lead 2011
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Hildreth and Suppiah then counter-attacked, their partnership lasting until 50 minutes after tea.
James Hildreth and Arul Suppiah put Somerset in control against Kent 2010
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In late September, Austro-German forces counter-attacked, and the Bulgarians advanced into Dobrudja from the south in October, regaining territory lost by the kingdom in the Second Balkan War.
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Ahmadinejad counter-attacked fiercely on national TV.
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