counterwork

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By this time the Syracusan counterwork had almost passed the end of the Athenian wall, and if it were carried a few yards further, the siege of Syracuse would be brought to a standstill.

From Stories from Thucydides by Havell, H. L. (Herbert Lord)

The cardinal's disappointment strongly inclined him to counterwork the amorous projects of his rival.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell by Hume, David

It is an operation that you can counterwork.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Maclaren, Alexander

On the 10th October, 1688, William issued an address, dated at the Hague, and another from the same place, dated 24th October, intended to counterwork James's retractations.

From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

It removed one of the two influences which had protected Constantine and enabled him to counterwork Entente policy and strategy in the Near East.

From A Short History of the Great War by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)