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Meanings of countermove (countermoves) in English

Portuguese
contra-ataque
Catalan
contraatac

An attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.

contra-ataque
Usage of countermoves in English
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He had anticipated every Israeli move and prepared a series of possible countermoves.
The last testament
2
After all the moves and countermoves, the truth is we need each other.
Year's best sf 15
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Below are some of the likely moves and countermoves.
Reuters
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Plainly he had no idea of her countermoves.
Desperate Remedies
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And there were always countermoves to those escapes.
First Strike
6
Moves and countermoves on the great board.
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
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This had basically consisted of waiting the others out to see what they would do, and then making countermoves.
Seveneves
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And countermoves to those counters.
First Strike
9
The Kremlin was aware of the distinction, instantly responding with reciprocal countermoves to American sanctions, but not to the Europeans.
Reuters
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So the movie boils down to a series of moves and countermoves between a blind administration and a repressed student body.
Reuters
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For each of these moves the computer had to calculate the opponent's possible countermoves, then its own next move, and so on.
The End of Man?
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"That is a mistake-itmust have been some one else," he said slowly and testily, for he perceived that Venn's countermoves had begun again.
The Return of the Native
13
This was crafty even by barnie-standards, but I knew a countermove.
Magic terror: seven tales
14
A countermove that would catch Badaya's subformation in a deadly vise?
Beyond The Frontier: Steadfast
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But he had to force a countermove from them.
Key Out of Time
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Between us and them it is a never-ending series of move and countermove, check and counter-check.
Okewood of the Secret Service
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Translations for countermoves
Portuguese
contra-ataque
Catalan
contraatac
Countermoves through the time