countermove

English Thesaurus

1. an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc. (noun.act)

hypernym	:	attack, onrush, onset, onslaught,
definition	:	(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons) (noun.act)

hyponym	:	riposte,
definition	:	(fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge (noun.act)

derivation	:	counterattack, counterstrike,
definition	:	make a counterattack (verb.competition)

derivation	:	counterattack, counterstrike,
definition	:	make a counterattack (verb.competition)