counterdefense
Defense against defense
A counterdefense is a defensive response to someone else's defense—a second layer of protection or rebuttal.
In legal contexts, it answers an opponent's defensive arguments.
In military or strategic contexts, it describes measures taken to neutralize an enemy's defensive capabilities: The team developed a counterdefense against the new security protocols.
Retaliatory military action
- counterattackOffensive response to aggression
- parryDefensive blade deflection
- blockSolid mass, or impede
- deflectionChange in trajectory
evasion · countermeasure · feint · interception · repulse · riposte · flanking · ambush
Point challenging another's position
- refutationDisproving a statement
- responseAnswer to stimulus
- objectionExpression of disapproval
- counterclaimDefendant's opposing lawsuit
rejoinder · retort · denial · disproof · reply · riposte · repudiation · confutation
counterstrike
Retaliatory military action
- counterattackOffensive response to aggression
- parryDefensive blade deflection
- blockSolid mass, or impede
deflection · evasion · countermeasure · feint · interception · repulse · riposte · flanking · ambush · preemption
counterargument
Point challenging another's position
- refutationDisproving a statement
- responseAnswer to stimulus
- objectionExpression of disapproval
counterclaim · rejoinder · retort · denial · disproof · reply · riposte · repudiation · confutation · invalidation
armor
Protective combat covering
deterrent · screen · buffer · firewall · antidote · inoculation · failsafe · backup · redundancy · countermeasure
barrier
Obstruction preventing passage
- shieldHandheld defensive armor
- bulwarkDefensive fortification or safeguard
- rampartFortified defensive wall
bastion · stronghold · citadel · fortress · barricade · palisade · redoubt · parapet · blockade · bunker
counterdefensecounterattack
Offensive response to aggression
counteroffensive · offense · attack · assault · offensive
counterdefensesurrender
Cease resistance, yield
capitulation · submission · acquiescence · nonresistance · yielding