Countercity

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Targeting a city. not-comparable

    "A countercity strike would be a direct and intentional attack against noncombatants, representing a violation of noncombatant immunity on a mass scale—this besides the disproportionality of the destruction such a countercity strike would entail."

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"A countercity strike would be a direct and intentional attack against noncombatants, representing a violation of noncombatant immunity on a mass scale—this besides the disproportionality of the destruction such a countercity strike would entail."

Etymology

From counter- + city.

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