counterstroke

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counterstroke

n
1. a counterattack
2. (Military) a counterattack
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While contemplating a variety of counterstrokes, including litigation, the four hospitals, which will likely be joined by others, have begun by recalculating their past tax payments.
Tukhachevskii countered that Soviet forces should respond to any attack with powerful counterstrokes, piercing deep behind the enemy's lines.
By applying the incorrect standard and requiring intent where IHL requires none, the Goldstone Report identifies no violation of Article 58; rather, it merely states that it could not "obtain any direct evidence that [rockets were launched from urban areas] with the specific intent of shielding the rocket launchers from counterstrokes by the Israeli armed forces." (83)

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