counterblow
Example Sentences
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The following year, the Kroll Opera, Otto Klemperer’s progressive Berlin company, delivered a counterblow to the nazification of Wagner when it mounted The Flying Dutchman in proletarian modern dress.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2020
That’s probably the sort of thing we will do in Mali—and what we should do, if France’s rapid counterblow doesn’t stave off the threat.
From Slate ● Jan. 17, 2013
At any number of points, Khrushchev can, of course, try to reverse his initial retreat by a counterblow, but any possible move will be harder for him than before the Cuban adventure.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were defeated within two days by a better-armed, better-led enemy, who withstood their attack and delivered a crushing counterblow.
From Time Magazine Archive
Blow and counterblow between the Spanish king, for the whole West-Indian commerce was a government job, and the merchant nobles of England.
From Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time by Charles Kingsley
