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Meanings of countermove (countermoves) in inglés

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

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Usage of countermoves in inglés
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He had anticipated every Israeli move and prepared a series of possible countermoves.
The last testament
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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
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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
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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
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This was crafty even by barnie-standards, but I knew a countermove.
Magic terror: seven tales
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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
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Countermoves through the time