Counterraid
noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A raid carried out in response to another raid.
"England was a confusion of warring camps, where families and towns and countrysides were split into hating factions; everywhere there was treason and countertreason, and raid and counterraid."
Verb
- 1 To carry out a counterraid.
Example
More examples"England was a confusion of warring camps, where families and towns and countrysides were split into hating factions; everywhere there was treason and countertreason, and raid and counterraid."
Etymology
From counter- + raid.
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