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Meaning of counterblast | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A work that strongly refutes or criticises another.

Examples

“This four-coach train⟳, which included a restaurant car and typewriting facilities, ran between Broad Street [London], Coventry, Birmingham and Wolverhampton, and was put⟳ on in February, 1910, as a counterblast to the improved service to Birmingham which the G.W.R. was to introduce⟳ with the opening of the shortened route via Bicester.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

counterblock counterblockade counterblow counterbluff counterbond counterbore

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