counteraggression

noun

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as in counterassault

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  1. counterassault
  2. counterattack
  3. attack
  4. counteroffensive
  5. ambush
  6. assault
  7. attempt
  8. aggression
Noun
  • The Israeli counterassault over the last few days has killed at least 31 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip including seven children and four women, according to the U.N. humanitarian office.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 12 May 2023
  • The 77-minute siege ended with a counterassault led by a SWAT team from the US Border Patrol.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 Feb. 2023
Definition of counterassault
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  • Moreover, the growing lack of troops combined with Russia's high equipment losses could weaken Russia's defensive capabilities and pave way for further counterattacks by Ukraine.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Yet when North Korea invaded South Korea, the United States intervened forcefully, pushing up to the Chinese border and provoking a ferocious Chinese counterattack.
    Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of counterattack
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  • The attack triggered a shutdown of parts of Change Healthcare’s electronic system, leaving doctors and other providers of medical care without the ability to get insurance approval of patient services.
    Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Other Republicans in attendance included Mr. Bush and Mike Pence, who was Mr. Trump’s vice president during his first term and was the target of rioters during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.
    Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of attack
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  • As Ukraine’s stunning counteroffensives in Kharkiv and Kherson in the fall of 2022 got underway, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky continued to call on Washington to provide Kyiv with longer-range missiles.
    Michael Poznansky, Foreign Affairs, 3 Jan. 2025
  • In September 2022, Ukrainian forces launched a successful counteroffensive in northern Kharkiv region.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of counteroffensive
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  • Days earlier, two American citizens and a Mexican national were shot dead in the state of Durango in an ambush that also left an American teenager critically injured.
    Annie Correal, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Its statement framed the ambush as a response to Israel's ongoing military actions in Gaza and the West Bank, including the displacement of Palestinians and reported targeting of civilian infrastructure.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of ambush
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  • Beijing has also softened its regulatory assault on Chinese technology companies and the property sector.
    Jacky Wong, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Zelenskyy has warned for weeks that Moscow aims to step up its assault after about two months of virtual stalemate along the front line that stretches across the south and east.
    Reuters, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2023
Definition of assault
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  • Ignoring last season, due to the aforementioned injury issues, LaVine's 16.6 shot attempts per night this season ranks as the second-lowest output for him during his Bulls career.
    Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Wade’s legal attempt to extend his eligibility via challenging Bylaw 12.8 is not a first-of-its kind.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of attempt
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  • In his four years as secretary of state, Antony Blinken has traveled more than a million miles on the job, countering Russian aggression in Ukraine with a reinvigorated NATO alliance, and managing American interests in the ongoing turmoil across the Middle East.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Not just because of his physicality, aggression and reading of the game but because his work on the ball will have to improve significantly during his time at City.
    Sam Lee, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of aggression
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