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View synonyms for counterblow
counterblow
[ koun-ter-bloh ]
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Origin of counterblow1
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Example Sentences
In the counterblow the edge of Cheever's cuff caught on Dyckman's knuckles and ripped the skin.
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Counterblow had followed blow, swift as the clash of rapiers in a duel of fencers.
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It now became necessary for the older body to deal a counterblow.
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The French retaliated with a counterblow that drove the enemy back (p. 293) in disorder.
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The orders were to carry the city at all costs, a counterblow to compensate the Germans for their failure to capture Compigne.
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