counterblow

IPA: kˈaʊnɝbɫˈoʊ

A blow delivered in reply to a previous blow by somebody else, such as an opponent in a boxing match.

Examples of "counterblow" in Sentences

[Castro] I believe the people dealt a remarkable political counterblow.
She gave no thought to fending off a counterblow or to raising any sort of defense.
Minute by minute, you have a blow, a counterblow, a legal action, a countersuit, and so forth.
All the blows give to this miserable creature forcefully struck the imagination of this mother and, bya sort of counterblow, the tender and delicate brain of her child....
Then, for what seemed like forever, it was all shouting, blow and counterblow, screams and blood and last-minute parries, and far too many people trying to kill his Queen.