1. counter-attack - Noun
2. counter-attack - Verb
counter-attack (plural counter-attacks)
An attack made in response to an attack by the opponents
counter-attack (third-person singular simple present counter-attacks, present participle counter-attacking, simple past and past participle counter-attacked)
To attack in response to an attack by opponents.
counter attack
One, if you attack my integrity, I will defend myself. If you attack my patriotism, I will defend myself. If you come after my family, I will counter-attack viciously, I will destroy you. Scott Ritter
Lost in a blurred confusion of yells and groans... Down, and down, and down, he sank and drowned, Bleeding to death. The counter-attack had failed. Siegfried Sassoon
If you can defend, counter-attack and take the initiative then you become a more dangerous player. Jo Durie
This Party of ours has been on the defensive for too long. The time has come to counter-attack...The intellectual counter-attack is as important as the counter-attack in Parliament and in the constituencies. If we can win the battle of ideas, then the war will already be half-won. Margaret Thatcher
None of our soldiers would understand not being asked to do whatever is necessary to reestablish a situation which is humiliating to us and unacceptable to our country's honor.-We are going to counter-attack. Mike Jones
After the invasion (on June 6, 1944) the plan was to delay movement of German reserves to the Normandy beachhead and prevent a potentially disastrous counter-attack. Source: Internet