counterstroke

/ˈkaʊntəstɹəʊk/

Etymology

From counter- + stroke.

counterstroke means A blow given in return. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.

noun

A blow given in return.“He met him with a counterstroke so swift, / That quite smit off his arme as he it up did lift.”
A retaliation.“The declaration of the Allied Governments that they will not conclude peace separately during the war or demand terms of peace without previous agreement with each other is an opportune counterstroke to the campaign initiated by Germany for the purpose of detaching France from Russia and especially from Britain.”