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PRONUNCIATION OF COUNTERFORCE

counterforce  [ˈkaʊntəˌfɔːs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COUNTERFORCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Counterforce is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COUNTERFORCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Counterforce

In nuclear strategy, a counterforce target is one that has a military value, such as a launch silo for intercontinental ballistic missiles, an airbase at which nuclear-armed bombers are stationed, a homeport for ballistic missile submarines, or a command and control installation. The intent of a counterforce strategy is to disarm an adversary by destroying its nuclear weapons before they can be launched, thereby minimizing the impact of a retaliatory second strike. A counterforce target is distinguished from a countervalue target, which includes an adversary's population, economic, or political resources. In other words, a counterforce strike is against an adversary's military while a countervalue strike is against an adversary's cities.

Definition of counterforce in the English dictionary

The definition of counterforce in the dictionary is a force that acts in opposition to another force.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COUNTERFORCE


deforce
dɪˈfɔːs
downforce
ˈdaʊnˌfɔːs
efforce
ɪˈfɔːs
enforce
ɪnˈfɔːs
force
fɔːs
perforce
pəˈfɔːs
reinforce
ˌriːɪnˈfɔːs
renforce
rɛnˈfɔːs
storm-force
ˈstɔːmˌfɔːs
Wilberforce
ˈwɪlbəˌfɔːs
workforce
ˈwɜːkˌfɔːs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COUNTERFORCE

counterfactual
counterfect
counterfeisance
counterfeit
counterfeiter
counterfeiting
counterfeitly
counterfesaunce
counterfire
counterflow
counterfoil
counterfort
counterglow
counterguerilla
counterinstance
counterinsurgency
counterinsurgent
counterintelligence
counterintuitive
counterion

WORDS THAT END LIKE COUNTERFORCE

air force
divorce
driving force
electromagnetic force
electromotive force
field of force
field sales force
G-force
in force
labour force
life force
line of force
police force
sales force
storm force
strike force
task force
the force
tour de force
tours de force
vital force

Synonyms and antonyms of counterforce in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «counterforce» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COUNTERFORCE

Find out the translation of counterforce to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of counterforce from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «counterforce» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

反作用力
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contrafuerza
570 millions of speakers

English

counterforce
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जवाबी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

معادلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

контрсиловой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

counterforce
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

counterforce
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

antagoniste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penguatkuasaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gegen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

반력
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Counterforce
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lực giữ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எதிர்ப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जबरदस्तीने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Destekleme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

counterforce
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przeciwdziałająca
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

контрсіловой
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

contraforță
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντίρροπη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afstoot
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

motkraft
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

motkraft
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of counterforce

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COUNTERFORCE»

The term «counterforce» is regularly used and occupies the 94.376 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COUNTERFORCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «counterforce» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «counterforce» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about counterforce

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COUNTERFORCE»

Discover the use of counterforce in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to counterforce and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Counterforce
Captain MIchael Cooksey, Commander of the U.S.S. Triton, races against time to find a rogue Russian submarine, the Vulcan, before a series of attacks, which would mean millions of casualties, can be launched against the United States.
Richard P. Henrick, P Richard Henrick, Richard P. Henrick, 1995
2
Counterforce targeting capabilities and challenges
The Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration program has been utilized to: 49 • use mature advanced technology integrated into enhanced/new counterforce capability that meets the warfighter's needs, providing early and affordable ...
3
Moral Principles and Nuclear Weapons
(a) Counterforce Targeting In the age of the ICBM, counterforce targeting capacity implies the ability to find and destroy enemy missile silos. Since missile silos are small and heavily reinforced, the destruction of a silo requires highly accurate ...
Douglas P. Lackey, 1984
4
Epic Voices: Inner and Global Impulse in the Contemporary ...
The Counterforce has apparently been co-opted by the Firm so that Pirate is forced to lament that "I defected for nothing, didn't I?" (542). The "counter- force traveling song" (639) is sung in a setting little different from the decadent atmosphere ...
Robert Arlett, 1996
5
Morality, Prudence, and Nuclear Weapons
In other words, the more a counterforce strategy appears able to remedy the prudential disadvantage of nuclear deterrence (its lack of credibility), the more it undermines one of deterrence's main prudential advantages (its capacity for ...
Steven P. Lee, 1996
6
Myths, Models, and United States Foreign Policy
In spring 1964, McNamara's assistants from RAND produced another quantitative study the economic logic of which would finally destroy damage limitation- counterforce as a viable strategy in McNamara's mind.101 This new study showed ...
Stephen W. Twing, 1998
7
Moral Dimensions of American Foreign Policy
some length the choice between "all-out countercifi/ retaliation" and "all-out counter/orce retaliation," and also between "limited counterctfy retaliation as a bargaining tactic" and "limited counterforce retaliation."6 And Herman Kahu's latest book ...
Kenneth Winfred Thompson, 1984
8
Weapons of Mass Destruction
and escalation to countervalue exchanges may be unavoidable. Counterforce targeting was devised as a response to the problems associated with the decreasing credibility of the doctrine of“massive retaliation”in the face of growing Soviet ...
9
The Future of Land Based-Strategic Missiles
Hence a countermilitary response to an attack does not necessarily require counterforce capability. As a matter of fact, although hardened missile silos have the highest strategic value, most of the targets in the SIOP have always been and  ...
Barbara Goss Levi, Mark Sakitt, M. Sakitt, 1997
10
From Nuclear Military Strategy to a World Without War: A ...
strategy was counterforce — to attack Soviet military forces of all kinds and to destroy them before they could do decisive damage to our own forces, population , or homeland. Against the objections that technology will not support a truly ...
Roger Hilsman, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COUNTERFORCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term counterforce is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Yasmin Alibhai Brown: Charities under threat from UK government
Once a counterforce to state control, now most are being pressured by the state into becoming apolitical, compliant, low cost providers of ... «Gulf Today, Jul 15»
2
The return to the Cuban missile crisis
In April Robert Scher, one of the US Defense Secretary's aides explained the US counterforce: "We could go about and actually attack that ... «Russian Peacekeeper, Jul 15»
3
PUNCH: Buhari Can't Fight Corruption With Saraki-Led Senate …
You will see that all they are doing is to make themselves as a counterforce but you don't do that at the expense of the party you came into ... «SaharaReporters.com, Jul 15»
4
Charities and NGOs are needed now more than ever — but they are …
Some have failed to deliver, but most are crucial to the well being of millions and remarkably effective. Once a counterforce to state control, now ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
5
Thai monarchy on verge of dramatic change
Supposedly in place to ensure his security and perform charitable works, it is seen as a counterforce to the official military. For a time ... «The Japan Times, Jul 15»
6
Atticus Lish and Next Lives
As a disruptive counterforce, Jimmy, Skinner's landlady's son, interjects the wrecking evil that will take Skinner to his violent end. His story again ... «Commonweal, Jul 15»
7
Toddler takes up the challenge
The Staunton child quickly found himself fighting the counterforce of the leg-press machine at Gypsy Hill Park's outdoor fitness area ... «Staunton News Leader, Jul 15»
8
Dragon Soldiers celebrate
The goal for this year's events, themed “Dragon Soldiers — America's CBRN Counterforce,” was to prepare for the needs of the Army of 2025 ... «Myguidon, Jul 15»
9
Still unhidden connections: Israel, Iran and 'Palestine'
... could launch appropriately non-nuclear preemptive strikes against Iranian hard targets, and against associated counterforce capabilities. «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jun 15»
10
Neocons Urge Embrace of Al Qaeda
So why not use Al Nusra as a counterforce against both Bashar al-Assad and ISIS? As Rashid puts it: “Unlike ISIS, which demands absolute ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jun 15»

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