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counterblast

/koun-ter-blast, -blahst/US // ˈkaʊn tərˌblæst, -ˌblɑst //UK // (ˈkaʊntəˌblɑːst) //

反吹,反击,反爆,反爆炸

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an unrestrained and vigorously powerful response to an attacking statement.

Examples

  • A wonderful counterblast in The Times today to yesterday's extraordinary hatchet job on Cressida Bonas in the Mail.

  • James I. sent forth his famous "Counterblast" and in the strongest manner condemned its use.

  • From your weed rose the cloud that no counterblast, royal or plebeian, has ever yet been able to sweep away from the lips of men.

  • Every time I made a false step, I had to devise some new “miracle” by way of counterblast.

  • Miss Moore has already prewritten her counterblast to my criticism in her poem "to a Steam Roller."

  • James I published a very intemperate Counterblast against Tobacco.