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counterblast

[ UK /kˈa‍ʊntəblˌɑːst/ ]
NOUN
  1. a vigorous and unrestrained response
    her tirade provoked a counterblast from her husband

How To Use counterblast In A Sentence

  • We are the counterblast to the easy comfort and cosy reassurance of all things you hate: the unholy amalgam of Zen, Californian, chilled-out, ethnic, post-hippie, Celtic and new age.
  • With an explosive set of new proposals to go with it, it might provide the much-needed counterblast to Labour.
  • Separate or joined, however, I was always ready with a defensive counterblast.
  • Separate or joined, however, I was always ready with a defensive counterblast.
  • He had not mentioned Sinclair's counterblast about the Gartree job. THE SCAR
  • Whether viewed as a quick fix or a counterblast, the f-word is always fraught with danger.
  • Nevertheless, he did good work on their behalf by editing a succession of antirent propagandist journals as a counterblast to the generally hostile popular press.
  • I recollect nothing of this beyond the fact of meeting Mr. Wollaston; and except for Sir Charles's distinct assurance as to "all four," I should have thought my outrecuidance was probably a counterblast to Wollaston's conservatism. The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley
  • This highly original, thought-provoking and discursive counterblast against the hypocrisy and cant be served up to the [US ]public should be watched by anyone with any sympathy with that country's exploited and oppressed.
  • Last month, in a counterblast to the BBC's survey of the 100 greatest novels, a newspaper poll of the 50 worst fingered The Alchemist for its ‘pseudo-philosophic witterings’.
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