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plural countercharges
An accusation against an opponent in an argument in response to the opponent's accusations. quotations examples
We’ll get to the merits of the charges and countercharges shortly, but first it’s worth considering why, beyond entertainment value, all this matters.
2007 May 30, David Leonhardt, “Truth, Fiction and Lou Dobbs”, in New York Times
An thrust or charge against an enemy in response to their previous attack. quotations examples
[…] charges and countercharges, retreats and counterretreats, attackin' and fallin' back.
2017, Jim Fergus, The Vengeance of Mothers, page 278
third-person singular simple present countercharges, present participle countercharging, simple past and past participle countercharged
(heraldry) To reverse the colors; to make counterchanged. examples