countermeasure
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edit- IPA(key): /ˈkaʊntəmɛʒə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛʒə(ɹ)
Noun
editcountermeasure (plural countermeasures)
- Any action taken to counteract or correct another.
- We fear that this will be the beginning of a negative development of measures and countermeasures, at the end of which there will be no winner CNN-money, Why President Trump's obsession with German cars is misplaced, Jackie Wattles and Charles Riley, May 31, 2018
- (military, chiefly in the plural) Any of the devices and techniques used to impair the operational effectiveness of an enemy.
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military device or technique
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