counterretreat

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

counter- +‎ retreat

Noun[edit]

counterretreat (plural counterretreats)

  1. (rare) A military retreat in response to another retreat.
    • 1942, LIFE, volume 13, number 25, page 99:
      DESTROYED BRIDGE over a gully had been left intact through every previous retreat and counterretreat by both sides.
    • 2017, Jim Fergus, The Vengeance of Mothers, page 278:
      […] charges and countercharges, retreats and counterretreats, attackin' and fallin' back.
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