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- noun A
curse cast inretaliation to another curse.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Webb had procured a countercurse before Declan had been driven insane—or at least noticeably insane.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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Webb had procured a countercurse before Declan had been driven insane—or at least noticeably insane.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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I suppose that by rewriting The Portrait of a LadyI am trying to write a kind of countercurse against whatever malevolent power it might exert.
The Legacy Kirsten Tranter 2010
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You know in the Harry Potter books when the Hogwarts students are learning to countercurse the bogarts in the closet?
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You know in the Harry Potter books when the Hogwarts students are learning to countercurse the bogarts in the closet?
Firedoglake » Libby’s Defense Strategery Through the Looking Glass 2006
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Everyone fell over laughing except Hermione, who leapt up and performed the countercurse.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Rowling, J. K. 1997
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"Now, if there's no countercurse, why am I showing you?
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rowling, J. K. 2000
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I'd have managed it before then if Snape hadn't been muttering a countercurse, trying to save you. "
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Rowling, J. K. 1997
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