Back in the Cold War years, mutual assured destruction deterred each side from afirst strike by guaranteeing a devastating counterstrike by the aggressed-againstparty.
verb(transitive)
2.
to retaliate against (an enemy or opponent)
Examples of 'counterstrike' in a sentence
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Or there is the all-out-war scenario involving a concerted counterstrike against the blockers.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
There has been strike and counterstrike in the run-up to the court battle.