| counter | 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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| counter | make a counterattack |
| counter | a rival attraction |
| counter | an equivalent counterbalancing weight |
| counter | a compensating equivalent |
| counter | equality of distribution |
| counter | oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions |
| counter | place in opposition: can also be used in an abstract sense |
| counter | make up for, make good |
| counter | brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another |
| counter | serving to equilibrate |
| counter | fire delivered to neutralize or destroy indirect fire weapon systems |