counterraid en · NOUN
Etymology
From counter- + raid.
Meanings
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A raid carried out in response to another raid.
England was a confusion of warring camps, where families and towns and countrysides were split into hating factions; everywhere there was treason and countertreason, and raid and counterraid.
2010, John Dos Passos, The Ground We Stand on: The History of a Political Creed, page 99:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| counterraids | Number=Plur | lexicographic |