noun
definition
An attack made in response to an attack by the opponents
verb
definition
To attack in response to an attack by opponents
Examples of counterattacks in a Sentence
Throughout the day the Soviets launched strong counterattacks in response to German attempts to break through the Second Defense Belt.
During the night the enemy made several minor counterattacks down the communications trenches, particularly on the left where " C " Company was.
All attempts to break through the Iraqi defense were met by Iraqi counterattacks.
German forces were soon crippled and were vulnerable to soviet counterattacks.
The fighting and digging continued and so did the ferocity of the Turkish counterattacks.
On the offense, mines were used to defend forward positions and flanks from enemy counterattacks.
Armies on all the routes leading into Old Serbia, and heavy counterattacks on the front of the Serbian I.
Krauss's Bosnians had met with no success against the left wing of the Italian 43rd Div., being driven back by counterattacks after capturing the front lines, but Stein's group had carried all before it.