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- counterfire
- fire intended to neutralize or destroy enemy weapons
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- countermeasure
collapse - an action taken to offset another action related words >
- counterrevolution
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- a revolution whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by a previous revolution related words >
- backfire,
- bloodless revolution,
- bouleversement,
- breakdown,
- breakup,
- cataclysm,
- catastrophe,
- clean slate,
- clean sweep,
- comeback,
- computer revolution,
- convulsion,
- counterattack,
- counterblast,
- counterblow,
- counterfire,
- counterinsurgency,
- countermeasure,
- counterstep,
- counterstroke,
- debacle,
- defense,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- palace revolution,
- radical change,
- retort,
- revolt,
- revolution,
- revolutionary war,
- revulsion,
- spasm,
- striking alteration,
- subversion,
- sweeping change,
- tabula rasa,
- technological revolution,
- total change,
- transilience,
- upset,
- violent change
- counterattack
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- (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board
- an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.
- make a counterattack related words >
- aggravated assault,
- aggression,
- amphibious attack,
- armed assault,
- assailing,
- assailment,
- assault,
- attack,
- backfire,
- banzai attack,
- blitz,
- blitzkrieg,
- breakthrough,
- charge,
- comeback,
- counterblast,
- counterblow,
- counterfire,
- counterinsurgency,
- countermeasure,
- counteroffensive,
- counterrevolution,
- counterstep,
- counterstroke,
- coup de main,
- crippling attack,
- dead set at,
- defense,
- descent on,
- diversion,
- diversionary attack,
- drive,
- flank attack,
- frontal attack,
- gas attack,
- head-on attack,
- infiltration,
- lightning attack,
- lightning war,
- mass attack,
- megadeath,
- mugging,
- offense,
- offensive,
- onset,
- onslaught,
- overkill,
- panzer warfare,
- push,
- retort,
- run against,
- run at,
- rush,
- sally,
- shock tactics,
- sortie,
- strike,
- unprovoked assault
- comeback
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- return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity related words >
- Parthian shot,
- acknowledgment,
- answer,
- answering,
- antiphon,
- back answer,
- back talk,
- backchat,
- backfire,
- boomerang,
- caustic remark,
- convalescence,
- counter,
- counterattack,
- counterblast,
- counterblow,
- counterfire,
- counterinsurgency,
- countermeasure,
- counterrevolution,
- counterstep,
- counterstroke,
- crack,
- cut,
- cutting remark,
- defense,
- dig,
- dump,
- echo,
- evasive reply,
- exchange,
- fleer,
- flout,
- foolery,
- gibe,
- gibing retort,
- give-and-take,
- interchange,
- jab,
- jape,
- jeer,
- jest,
- leg-pull,
- mock,
- parting shot,
- put-down,
- put-on,
- quip,
- rally,
- reaction,
- ready reply,
- receipt,
- reciprocation,
- recoil,
- recovery,
- recuperation,
- rejoinder,
- repartee,
- replication,
- reply,
- repost,
- rescript,
- rescription,
- respondence,
- response,
- responsion,
- responsory,
- retaliation,
- retort,
- return,
- reverberation,
- riposte,
- rude reproach,
- scoff,
- scurrility,
- short answer,
- slam,
- slap,
- snappy comeback,
- swipe,
- taunt,
- twit,
- verbal thrust,
- witty reply,
- witty retort,
- yes-and-no answer
- backfire
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- a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
- a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path
- a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
- set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire
- emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire; "My old car backfires all the time"
- come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble" related words >
- backlash,
- backlashing,
- balefire,
- bang,
- beacon,
- beacon fire,
- blast,
- blaze,
- blow out,
- blow up,
- blowout,
- blowup,
- bonfire,
- boom,
- boomerang,
- bounce,
- bounce back,
- bound,
- bound back,
- burning ghat,
- burst,
- bust,
- campfire,
- cannon,
- cannon off,
- carom,
- cheerful fire,
- combustion,
- come to grief,
- comeback,
- conflagration,
- contrecoup,
- corposant,
- counterattack,
- counterblast,
- counterblow,
- counterfire,
- counterinsurgency,
- countermeasure,
- counterrevolution,
- counterstep,
- counterstroke,
- cozy fire,
- crackling fire,
- crematory,
- death fire,
- defense,
- detonate,
- detonation,
- discharge,
- explode,
- explosion,
- fall through,
- fen fire,
- fire,
- fizzle,
- flame,
- flare,
- flash,
- flashing point,
- flicker,
- flickering flame,
- fly back,
- forest fire,
- fox fire,
- fulguration,
- fulminate,
- fulmination,
- funeral pyre,
- go off,
- have repercussions,
- ignis fatuus,
- ignition,
- ingle,
- kick,
- kick back,
- kickback,
- lambent flame,
- lash back,
- lay an egg,
- let off,
- marshfire,
- miscarry,
- miss,
- open fire,
- prairie fire,
- pyre,
- raging fire,
- rebound,
- rebuff,
- recalcitrate,
- recalcitration,
- recoil,
- repercuss,
- repercussion,
- report,
- repulse,
- resile,
- resilience,
- retort,
- ricochet,
- sea of flames,
- set off,
- sheet of fire,
- shoot,
- signal beacon,
- smudge fire,
- snap back,
- spring,
- spring back,
- three-alarm fire,
- touch off,
- two-alarm fire,
- watch fire,
- wildfire,
- witch fire
- retort
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- a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
- answer back related words >
- acknowledge,
- acknowledgment,
- aerosol,
- alembic,
- answer,
- answer back,
- answering,
- antiphon,
- anvil,
- aphorism,
- apothegm,
- atomizer,
- back answer,
- back talk,
- backchat,
- backfire,
- bon mot,
- boomerang,
- boutade,
- bright idea,
- bright thought,
- brilliant idea,
- caldron,
- come back,
- come back at,
- come in,
- comeback,
- conceit,
- counter,
- counterattack,
- counterblast,
- counterblow,
- countercharge,
- counterfire,
- counterinsurgency,
- countermeasure,
- counterrevolution,
- counterstep,
- counterstroke,
- crack,
- crucible,
- defense,
- echo,
- engine,
- epigram,
- evaporator,
- evasive reply,
- exchange,
- facetiae,
- flash back,
- flash of wit,
- flight of wit,
- gag,
- get back at,
- gibe,
- give acknowledgment,
- give and take,
- give answer,
- give in exchange,
- give in return,
- give-and-take,
- happy thought,
- hit back at,
- interchange,
- jape,
- jest,
- joke,
- lathe,
- machine,
- melting pot,
- mortar,
- mot,
- motor,
- nasty crack,
- persiflage,
- play of wit,
- pleasantry,
- quip,
- quips and cranks,
- react,
- reaction,
- ready reply,
- rebut,
- rebuttal,
- receipt,
- reciprocate,
- reciprocation,
- recoil,
- recrimination,
- reecho,
- rejoin,
- rejoinder,
- repartee,
- replication,
- reply,
- repost,
- reprisal,
- rescript,
- rescription,
- respond,
- respondence,
- response,
- responsion,
- responsory,
- retaliate,
- retaliation,
- return,
- return answer,
- return for answer,
- revenge,
- reverberate,
- reverberation,
- riposte,
- sally,
- say,
- say in reply,
- scintillation,
- shoot back,
- short answer,
- smart crack,
- smart saying,
- snappy comeback,
- spray,
- still,
- strike back,
- stroke of wit,
- talk back,
- test tube,
- transducer,
- transformer,
- turn of thought,
- vaporizer,
- wisecrack,
- witticism,
- witty reply,
- witty retort,
- yes-and-no answer
- defense
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- protection from harm; "sanitation is the best defense against disease"
- military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies; "they died in the defense of Stalingrad"; "they were developed for the defense program"
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense"
- the justification for some act or belief; "he offered a persuasive defense of the theory"
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack; "he joined the defense against invasion"
- the defendant and his legal advisors collectively; "the defense called for a mistrial"
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring; "his teams are always good on defense" related words >
- aegis,
- answer,
- apologetic,
- apologetics,
- apologia,
- apology,
- arch dam,
- argument,
- argumentation,
- armament,
- armor,
- arms,
- backfire,
- backstop,
- bamboo curtain,
- bank,
- bar,
- barrage,
- barrier,
- bear-trap dam,
- beaver dam,
- bicker,
- bickering,
- boom,
- breakwater,
- breastwork,
- brick wall,
- buffer,
- bulkhead,
- bulwark,
- casuistry,
- cofferdam,
- comeback,
- confutation,
- contention,
- contraremonstrance,
- controversy,
- counteraccusation,
- counterattack,
- counterblast,
- counterblow,
- countercharge,
- counterclaim,
- counterfire,
- counterinsurgency,
- countermeasure,
- counterreply,
- counterrevolution,
- counterstatement,
- counterstep,
- counterstroke,
- cover,
- dam,
- demurrer,
- denial,
- dike,
- disputation,
- dispute,
- ditch,
- earthwork,
- embankment,
- exception,
- exculpation,
- excuse,
- explanation,
- eye,
- fastness,
- fence,
- flyting,
- fort,
- fortress,
- gate,
- gravity dam,
- groin,
- guard,
- hassle,
- hubbub,
- hydraulic-fill dam,
- iron curtain,
- jam,
- jetty,
- justification,
- leaping weir,
- lee,
- levee,
- litigation,
- logjam,
- logomachy,
- milldam,
- moat,
- mole,
- mound,
- munitions,
- objection,
- paper war,
- parapet,
- passage of arms,
- plea,
- pleading,
- pleadings,
- polemic,
- polemics,
- portcullis,
- preservation,
- protection,
- protective custody,
- rampart,
- rationalization,
- rebuttal,
- rebutter,
- refuge,
- refutation,
- rejoinder,
- replication,
- reply,
- response,
- retort,
- return,
- rhubarb,
- riposte,
- roadblock,
- rock-fill dam,
- safeguard,
- safekeeping,
- safety,
- seawall,
- security,
- set-to,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shelter,
- shield,
- shutter dam,
- special demurrer,
- special pleading,
- statement of defense,
- stone wall,
- stronghold,
- surrebuttal,
- surrebutter,
- surrejoinder,
- verbal engagement,
- wall,
- war of words,
- ward,
- watchful eye,
- weaponry,
- weapons,
- weir,
- wicket dam,
- work,
- wrangling
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