counter-attack

Other spellings

• counterattack

Word parts

counter- + attack

Noun

Singular counter-attack

Plural counter-attacks

1. A counter-attack is an attack made in response to another attack.

Verb

Plain form counter-attack

Third-person singular counter-attacks

Past tense counter-attacked

Past participle counter-attacked

Present participle counter-attacking

1. (transitive) If you counter-attack a person, you attack them after they attack you.