counterintelligence
— Noun
– English
～ intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism
counterintuitive
— Adjective
– English
～ contrary to what common sense would suggest
counterirritant
— Noun
– English
～ a medicine applied locally to produce superficial inflammation in order to reduce deeper inflammation
counterman
— Noun
– English
～ someone who attends a counter (as in a diner)
countermand
— Verb
– English
～ cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
countermand
— Noun
– English
～ a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command
countermarch
— Verb
– English
～ march back along the same way
countermarch
— Verb
– English
～ change the order of soldiers during a march
countermarch
— Noun
– English
～ (military) a march in the reverse direction or back along the same route
countermeasure
— Noun
– English
～ an action taken to offset another action
countermine
— Verb
– English
～ destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
countermine
— Verb
– English
～ destroy enemy mines with one's own mines; "We countermined the banks of the river"
countermine
— Noun
– English
～ (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy
countermove
— Noun
– English
～ an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.
counteroffensive
— Noun
– English
～ a large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking force
counteroffer
— Noun
– English
～ an offer made by someone who has rejected a prior offer
counterpane
— Noun
– English
～ decorative cover for a bed