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counterforce en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Italic *-teros
Proto-Italic *komterosder.
Proto-Italic *komterād
Latin contrāder.
Old French contre-
Anglo-Norman countre-bor.
Middle English counter-
English counter-
English force
English counterforce
From counter- + force.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Targeting an opponent's military assets, such as missile silos, rather than other valuable assets such as cities and civilian populations.
Antonyms
countervalue
Deriveds
controlled counterforce war
counterforce en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Italic *-teros
Proto-Italic *komterosder.
Proto-Italic *komterād
Latin contrāder.
Old French contre-
Anglo-Norman countre-bor.
Middle English counter-
English counter-
English force
English counterforce
From counter- + force.
Meanings
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A force that opposes another force.
Forms
Translations (3)
sv motvikt motkraft (force that opposes another force) · fi vastavoima (force that opposes another force) · ga frithfhórsa (force that opposes another force)