counteradvance
English
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editNoun
editcounteradvance (plural counteradvances)
- An advance that counters or goes against another advance.
- 2020, David Luhrssen, World War II on Film, page 167:
- Roads crowded with fleeing refugees, and poor communications hampered Allied counteradvances. German units were equipped with radios while Allied commanders relied on the French telephone system.