Home › Words › C › counterdemolitioncounterdemolitioncounterdemolition means A demolition meant to retaliate for another.EtymologyFrom counter- + demolition.nounA demolition meant to retaliate for another.e.g.“There was no counterdemolition to retaliate for the wholesale destruction carried out by the Civil Guards in the Finnish territory ceded to Russia.” — 1943, Gregory Meiksins, chapter X, in The Baltic Riddle, New York: L. B. Fischer, page 185:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.counterexplosion 69% match — An explosion triggered by, or in response to, another explosion. vs counterdemolition →counterreprisal 69% match — A reprisal in response to a prior reprisal. vs counterdemolition →counterretaliation 68% match — retaliation against a previous retaliation vs counterdemolition →counterambush 64% match — An ambush set up in response to another ambush. vs counterdemolition →counterdemo 63% match — A counterdemonstration. vs counterdemolition →countervengeance 62% match — Vengeance taken in reaction to earlier vengeance. vs counterdemolition →counterassault 62% match — An assault made in return for another; a counterattack. vs counterdemolition →counterdeployment 62% match — The deployment of weapons or military forces in response to another deployment. vs counterdemolition →