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- noun
War waged in response to another war.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The shocking reenactments of torture in front of Pennsylvania Station in New York and the Chinese Embassy in London publicly make the point: Falun Gong, a popular spiritual movement brutally suppressed by the Chinese Communist Party, is effectively waging its counterwar against the Chinese government, from the West.
China's Fight With Falun GongInside China's Fight With Falun Gong 2006
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From the perspective of Middle Eastern dissidents, the inability of Washington to produce a coherent strategy on democracy promotion was forgivable as long as the Bush administration was pushing back against the jihadists and waging a counterwar against “all terrorists,” even though the majority of terror regimes and networks hadn’t yet been put on notice.
The Coming Revolution Walid Phares 2010
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The argument is that in situations where literally millions of lives could be at stake - in the never ending war terrorists have launched on Americans and the counterwar America has launched on terrorists - torture (usually put under a less negative sounding name, just as "used cars" are called
The Moderate Voice 2009
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