Words starting with C that are validated

• counterfire — Noun – English ～ fire intended to neutralize or destroy enemy weapons
• counterfoil — Noun – English ～ the part of a check that is retained as a record
• counterglow — Noun – English ～ a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space
• counterinsurgency — Noun – English ～ actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
• counterinsurgent — Adjective – English ～ of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
• 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
• counterintuitively — Adverb – English ～ in a counterintuitive manner
• 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.

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