past form and past participle
Attacked an opponent after they had attacked you, or was used with a helping verb to show that this had happened.
The soldiers counterattacked at dawn.
The town had been counterattacked twice that month.
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How to pronounce counterattacked
verbB2
kowneruhTAAKT
/ˌkʰaʊ.nɚ.əˈtʰækt̚/
4 syllables · Stress the fourth syllable.
Form of counterattack
Attacked an opponent after they had attacked you, or was used with a helping verb to show that this had happened.
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Related words & forms
counterattackedpast tense and past participlecounterattacksplural noun · third-person singularcounterattacking-ing form
The final consonant is doubled before -ed and -ing: counterattacked, counterattacking.