countermove – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
countermove
v.
move against, move in opposition to
n.
move designed to counter or combat another move
countermove
Noun
1. an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.
(synonym) counterattack
(hypernym) attack, onslaught, onset, onrush
Countermove
Alt. of Countermovement
(v. t. & i.)
To move in a contrary direction to.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
countermove
An operation undertaken in reaction to or in anticipation of a move by the enemy. See also counter-attack. 1/3/82
contre-mouvement
Opération entreprise pour réagir face à, ou pour anticiper sur un mouvement de l'ennemi. Voir aussi contre-attaque. 1/3/82
countermove
Synonyms and related words:
action, ad hoc measure, answer, artifice, contrivance, coup, course of action, demarche, device, dodge, effort, expedient, gimmick, improvisation, jury-rig, jury-rigged expedient, last expedient, last resort, last shift, makeshift, maneuver, means, measure, move, pis aller, resort, resource, shake-up, shift, solution, step, stopgap, stratagem, stroke, stroke of policy, tactic, temporary expedient, trick, trump, working hypothesis, working proposition
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
