Countercommand

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A command that cancels or reverses a previous command; a countermand.

    "Someone else had given a countercommand — the Spanish soldiers were in riotous retreat! Don Carlos was engulfed by the screaming swirl of the Moorish horsemen."

Verb
  1. 1
    To countermand (a previous command). transitive
  2. 2
    To countermand (a person or group). transitive

Example

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"Someone else had given a countercommand — the Spanish soldiers were in riotous retreat! Don Carlos was engulfed by the screaming swirl of the Moorish horsemen."

Etymology

From counter- + command.

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