counteraction
Example Sentences
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Earlier this week, North Korea warned of "resolute counteraction" to provocations ahead of joint military drills between South Korea and the US.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
It said they unanimously approved unspecified plans for counteraction.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 18, 2023
The meeting "discussed practical matters and measures for machinery to prepare various military action proposals that no means and ways of counteraction are available to the enemy," it added.
From Reuters ● Apr. 10, 2023
As this chronicle shows, eradicating racism in all its forms requires constant vigilance and counteraction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2021
Out of tenderness, therefore, and pity towards the poor girls, if I personally had any power to bias their choice, my influence should be used in counteraction to their natural propensities.
From The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 by Alexander H. (Alexander Hay) Japp
