counterattacks
Striking back moves
Counterattacks are attacks launched in response to an enemy's attack, aiming to regain lost ground or seize the initiative.
The term applies in military contexts, sports, and figurative situations: The team launched a counterattack after absorbing early pressure.
In arguments or debates, a counterattack responds to criticism with criticism of one's own.
Punitive response to injury
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- revengePunishing a wrongdoer
- comebackRecovery after decline
- riposteSwift clever reply
reply · reaction · reprisal · retort · backlash · resistance · countermeasure · countermove
retaliation
Punitive response to injury
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- revengePunishing a wrongdoer
- comebackRecovery after decline
riposte · reply · reaction · reprisal · retort · backlash · resistance · countermeasure · countermove · reciprocation
offensive
Causing displeasure or attack-oriented
tactics · infantry · artillery · battalion · platoon · reinforcements · siege · salvo · barrage · skirmish
- combat mechanicsmelee, damage, combos, blocking, parrying
- trench warfaretrenches, no man's land, barbed wire, dugouts, front lines
- WWI BattlesVerdun, the Somme, Battle of the Somme, Ypres, Marne
- martial artskarate, taekwondo, judo, kung fu, aikido
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
- strategy gameschess, strategy, checkers, go, Go
counterattacksattacks
Aggressive hostile actions
offensives · assaults · invasions · preemptive strikes · aggression
counterattacksdefenses
Means of protection
defensive positions · retreats · withdrawals · holding actions · fortifications
counterattackspardons
Official forgiveness of crimes
forgiveness · truces · ceasefires · surrenders · capitulations