Tom lost possession, and the opposition launched a counter-attack.
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Counter-attack
Synonyms for "counter-attack" (1 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Translations
94 translations across 50 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- kundërsulm noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Arabic
1 entries- هُجُوم مُضَادّ noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Armenian
4 entries- հակագրոհ noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- հակահարձակում noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- հակագրոհել verb (to attack in response to an attack by opponents)
- հակահարձակվել verb (to attack in response to an attack by opponents)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- əks-hücum noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Belarusian
2 entries- контрата́ка noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- контрнаступле́нне noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Bulgarian
2 entries- контраата́ка noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- контраатакувам verb (to attack in response to an attack by opponents)
Catalan
2 entries- contraatac noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- contraatacar verb (to attack in response to an attack by opponents)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 反擊 /反击 noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- 逆襲 /逆袭 noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- 反擊 /反击 verb (to attack in response to an attack by opponents)
Czech
1 entries- protiútok noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Danish
1 entries- modangreb noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Dutch
1 entries- tegenaanval noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Estonian
1 entries- vasturünnak noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Finnish
2 entries- vastahyökkäys noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- tehdä vastahyökkäys verb (to attack in response to an attack by opponents)
French
4 entries- contrattaque noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- contre-attaque noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- contre-offensive noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- controffensive noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Georgian
2 entries- კონტრიერიში noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- კონტრშეტევა noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
German
1 entries- Gegenangriff noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Greek
2 entries- αντεπίθεση noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- αντεπιτίθεμαι verb (to attack in response to an attack by opponents)
Hebrew
1 entries- התקפת נגד noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Hungarian
2 entries- ellentámadás noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- ellentámadást indít verb (to attack in response to an attack by opponents)
Irish
2 entries- frithionsaí noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- frithionsaigh verb (to attack in response to an attack by opponents)
Italian
2 entries- contrattacco noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- contrattaccare verb (to attack in response to an attack by opponents)
Japanese
2 entries- 反撃 noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- 逆襲 noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Kazakh
1 entries- қарсы шабуыл noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Korean
2 entries- 반격 noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- 역습 noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- каршы чабуул noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Latvian
1 entries- pretuzbrukums noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kontrataka noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Macedonian
1 entries- противна́пад noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Māori
2 entries- taupaepae noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- whana whakairi noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- motangrep noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- motangrep noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- motåtak noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Persian
2 entries- ضِدِّحَمْله noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- پاتَک noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Polish
1 entries- kontratak noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Portuguese
2 entries- contra-ataque noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- contra-atacar verb (to attack in response to an attack by opponents)
Romanian
2 entries- contra-atac noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- contraatac noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Russian
3 entries- контрата́ка noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- контрнаступле́ние noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- контратакова́ть verb (to attack in response to an attack by opponents)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- protivnápad noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- protunápad noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- противна́пад noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- протуна́пад noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Slovak
1 entries- protiútok noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Slovene
1 entries- protinapad noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Spanish
2 entries- contraataque noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- contraatacar verb (to attack in response to an attack by opponents)
Swahili
1 entries- kaunta noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Swedish
4 entries- kontring noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- motanfall noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- motangrepp noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- motattack noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Tajik
2 entries- ҳамлаи ҷавобӣ noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- ҳуҷуми ҷавобӣ noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Tibetan
3 entries- རྒོལ་ལན noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- རྒོལ་ལན་སྤྲོད verb (to attack in response to an attack by opponents)
- རྒོལ་ལན་སློག verb (to attack in response to an attack by opponents)
Turkish
3 entries- karşı atak noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- karşı saldırı noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- kontratak noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Turkmen
1 entries- garşy hüjüm noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Ukrainian
2 entries- контрата́ка noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- контрна́ступ noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Uyghur
1 entries- قايتۇرما ھۇجۇم noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Uzbek
2 entries- kontrataka noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
- qarshi hujum noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Vietnamese
1 entries- phản công noun (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
No counter-attack was launched.
Source: tatoeba (10925578)
Liverpool should really have taken the lead on 33 minutes. A lightning quick counter-attack was led by Jordan Henderson down the right.
Source: wiktionary
Taking a full-page advertisement in the New York Times, the New Haven counter-attacked with vigour.
Source: wiktionary
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