Counterattack
Counterattack verb - Make a counterattack.
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Synonyms for Counterattack
Wake and counterattack are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wake" instead a verb "Counterattack".
Nearby Words: counterattacking, counterattacked
Wake
Wake verb - To cause to stop sleeping.
Counterattack and wake are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Counterattack" instead a verb "Wake".
Both words in one sentence
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The Germans have to ask Hitler for permission to use the 21st Panzer Division in a counterattack to limit the bridgehead's size, but no-one dares wake him up.
Source: Film / The Longest Day -
In fact, a Wake-Up Call Boss in one of the later seasons of the show was a satellite that took down one of the American starships while proving impervious to counterattack.
Source: Franchise / Stargate-verse - Mazer Rackham, the last great military leader Earth had in the wake of the Second Invasion, was needed to train the genius who would lead Earth's counterattack, so they put him in a spaceship, got him up to a relativistic speed for 25 years, and then he turned around and came home.
Source: Time Dilation
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