counterblastnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkaʊn.tə.blɑːst/us/ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚ.blæst/literarya forceful reaction to a spoken attack:
The author has since delivered a damning counterblast to her critics.
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Answering & responding
- acknowledgment
- affirmative
- and the same to you with (brass) knobs on idiom
- answer back
- back
- counter
- counterattack
- fifth
- get
- get back to sb
- give
- rejoin
- rejoinder
- reply
- respond
- respondent
- response
- retort
- thank you
- unanswered
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