countercharge
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
countercharge (plural countercharges)
- An accusation against an opponent in an argument in response to the opponent's accusations.
- 2007 May 30, David Leonhardt, “Truth, Fiction and Lou Dobbs”, in New York Times[1]:
- We’ll get to the merits of the charges and countercharges shortly, but first it’s worth considering why, beyond entertainment value, all this matters.
- An thrust or charge against an enemy in response to their previous attack.
- 2017, Jim Fergus, The Vengeance of Mothers, page 278:
- […] charges and countercharges, retreats and counterretreats, attackin' and fallin' back.
Translations edit
a thrust against an enemy in response to their previous action
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Verb edit
countercharge (third-person singular simple present countercharges, present participle countercharging, simple past and past participle countercharged)
- (heraldry) To reverse the colors; to make counterchanged.