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Meaning of counterretreat | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

A military retreat in response to another retreat.

rare

Examples

“DESTROYED BRIDGE over a gully had been left intact through every previous retreat and counterretreat by both sides.”
“[…] charges and countercharges, retreats and counterretreats, attackin' and fallin' back.”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

counterreversal counterrevisionist Counterrevolution counterrevolutionariness counterrevolutionary counterrevolutionaryism

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