Counterretreat

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A military retreat in response to another retreat. rare

    "DESTROYED BRIDGE over a gully had been left intact through every previous retreat and counterretreat by both sides."

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"DESTROYED BRIDGE over a gully had been left intact through every previous retreat and counterretreat by both sides."

Etymology

From counter- + retreat.

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