counterattack

Other spellings

• counter-attack

Word parts

counter- + attack

Noun

Singular counterattack

Plural counterattacks

1. A counterattack is an attack made in response to another attack.

Verb

Plain form counterattack

Third-person singular counterattacks

Past tense counterattacked

Past participle counterattacked

Present participle counterattacking

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