Counterdemolition

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A demolition meant to retaliate for another. rare, uncountable

    "There was no counterdemolition to retaliate for the wholesale destruction carried out by the Civil Guards in the Finnish territory ceded to Russia."

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"There was no counterdemolition to retaliate for the wholesale destruction carried out by the Civil Guards in the Finnish territory ceded to Russia."

Etymology

From counter- + demolition.

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