Get to know Counterattacked better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
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Counterattacked meaning
simple past and past participle of counterattack
Using Counterattacked
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of counterattack
- In the example corpus, counterattacked often appears in combinations such as: have counterattacked, counterattacked with, counterattacked and.
Context around Counterattacked
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 6 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Counterattacked
- In this selection, "counterattacked" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, forces, iran, inter, marcelo, ichiki and invading stand out and add context to how "counterattacked" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include allies have counterattacked with their and and inter counterattacked marcelo brozovic. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "counterattacked" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with counterattacked
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The weather cleared even more, and Allied ground forces counterattacked. (10 words)
Washington then counterattacked the British with a plan of his own. (11 words)
After daybreak, the Marine units counterattacked Ichiki's surviving troops, killing many more of them. (15 words)
Jubal Early's brigade, which had begun the day on the extreme right of the Confederate line, and Lawrence O'Bryan Branch 's brigade, which had thus far been held in reserve, counterattacked and drove back Kearny's division. (39 words)
As Iran counterattacked into Iraqi territory, Baghdad—supplied and armed by the Soviet Union, France, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia—began blasting Iranian oil tankers with missiles, often with assistance from U.S. surveillance assets. (34 words)
When Empoli’s goalkeeper went up for a corner and Inter counterattacked, Marcelo Brozovic scored from the halfway line into an empty net and Inter seemed secure. (27 words)
Example sentences (15)
The weather cleared even more, and Allied ground forces counterattacked.
As Iran counterattacked into Iraqi territory, Baghdad—supplied and armed by the Soviet Union, France, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia—began blasting Iranian oil tankers with missiles, often with assistance from U.S. surveillance assets.
When Empoli’s goalkeeper went up for a corner and Inter counterattacked, Marcelo Brozovic scored from the halfway line into an empty net and Inter seemed secure.
While Democrats want Trump impeached over his dealings with Ukraine, the president and his allies have counterattacked with their own Ukraine-focused scandals.
After daybreak, the Marine units counterattacked Ichiki's surviving troops, killing many more of them.
After repelling the attack, the Greeks counterattacked, invading Italy-held Albania and causing Nazi Germany's intervention in the Balkans to help its ally.
However, by the 1980s the first blush of quantification had worn off, as traditional historians counterattacked.
If one country were to have invaded the Netherlands, another would certainly have counterattacked to defend their own interest in the rivers.
Jubal Early's brigade, which had begun the day on the extreme right of the Confederate line, and Lawrence O'Bryan Branch 's brigade, which had thus far been held in reserve, counterattacked and drove back Kearny's division.
Longstreet counterattacked with the divisions of Maj. Gen. Charles W. Field on the left and Brig. Gen. Joseph B. Kershaw on the right.
Since Japan had made the first move, Germany and Italy were not obliged to aid her until the United States counterattacked.
The Germans counterattacked down the via Appia from the Alban hills in a front four miles wide, but could not retake Anzio.
Tipu counterattacked, regaining much of the territory, although the British continued to hold Coimbatore itself.
Two Egyptian armoured brigades counterattacked, and a fierce battle took place until the following morning.
Washington then counterattacked the British with a plan of his own.
Common combinations with counterattacked
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: