Home › Words › C › counteroperationcounteroperationcounteroperation means A military operation in response to another operation.EtymologyFrom counter- + operation.nounA military operation in response to another operation.e.g.“In recent months, those tactics have come to include defensive maneuvers aimed at defusing the media counteroperations of the United States and its allies.” — 2008 April 4, Michael Moss, “Rising Leader for Next Phase of Al Qaeda’s War”, in New York Times:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.counterwar 74% match — War waged in response to another war. vs counteroperation →counterinvasion 72% match — A military invasion in response to another invasion. vs counteroperation →counterraid 70% match — A raid carried out in response to another raid. vs counteroperation →counterassault 69% match — An assault made in return for another; a counterattack. vs counteroperation →counterreprisal 68% match — A reprisal in response to a prior reprisal. vs counteroperation →counteraction 68% match — An act of retaliation; a counterattack. vs counteroperation →counterpropaganda 67% match — Propaganda disseminated as a response and opposition to other propaganda. vs counteroperation →countertactic 66% match — A tactic used in opposition to another. vs counteroperation →