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Meaning of "counterthreat" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COUNTERTHREAT

counterthreat  [ˈkaʊntəˌθrɛt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COUNTERTHREAT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Counterthreat 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 COUNTERTHREAT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of counterthreat in the English dictionary

The definition of counterthreat in the dictionary is an opposing or retaliatory threat.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COUNTERTHREAT


amourette
ˌæmʊəˈrɛt
arret
əˈrɛt
bachelorette
ˌbætʃələˈrɛt
barrette
bəˈrɛt
buret
bjʊˈrɛt
chevrette
ʃəˈvrɛt
cigarette
ˌsɪɡəˈrɛt
curette
kjʊəˈrɛt
fleuret
flʊəˈrɛt
fret
frɛt
leatherette
ˌlɛðəˈrɛt
majorette
ˌmeɪdʒəˈrɛt
minaret
ˌmɪnəˈrɛt
pierrette
pɪəˈrɛt
regret
rɪˈɡrɛt
ret
rɛt
Siret
sɪˈrɛt
threat
θrɛt
tret
trɛt
vinaigrette
ˌvɪneɪˈɡrɛt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COUNTERTHREAT

counterstrike
countersubject
countersue
countersuit
countersunk
countertactic
countertendency
countertenor
counterterror
counterterrorism
counterthrust
countertop
countertrade
countertrend
countertype
countervail
countervailable
countervailing
countervailing duty
counterview

WORDS THAT END LIKE COUNTERTHREAT

Alexander the Great
Alfred the Great
beat a retreat
Charles the Great
death threat
Dutch treat
Dutch-treat
great
heat-treat
hereat
ill-treat
mistreat
overeat
Peter the Great
pretreat
retreat
security threat
treat
trick or treat
whereat

Synonyms and antonyms of counterthreat in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «counterthreat» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COUNTERTHREAT

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

Translator English - Chinese

counterthreat
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contraamenaza
570 millions of speakers

English

counterthreat
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

counterthreat
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مضادا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

counterthreat
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

counterthreat
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

counterthreat
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

counterthreat
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Counterthreat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

counterthreat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

counterthreat
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

counterthreat
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Counterthreat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

counterthreat
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

counterthreat
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिद्वंद्वी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

counterthreat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

counterthreat
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

counterthreat
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

counterthreat
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

counterthreat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

counterthreat
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dreiging
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

counterthreat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

counterthreat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of counterthreat

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COUNTERTHREAT»

The term «counterthreat» is used very little and occupies the 155.219 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of counterthreat
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COUNTERTHREAT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «counterthreat» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «counterthreat» 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 counterthreat

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COUNTERTHREAT»

Discover the use of counterthreat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to counterthreat and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Balance of Power: Stability in International Systems
Thus, we require an additional refinement, which we call a viable counterthreat}? Viable Counterthreat. The counterthreat (r”, C”) is viable for i in K if there is no subset C0 of CZ, that excludes i (i.e., no COS C§§,— {i]) such that C0 has a threat  ...
Emerson M. S. Niou, Peter C. Ordeshook, Gregory F. Rose, 2007
2
Ethics and International Relations
... threat to a counterthreat, I myself have ended the story with the counterthreat, and have not taken into account the counter-counterthreat, the NATO strategic deterrent, which will prevent the Russian counterthreat from being put into effect.
Anthony Ellis, 1986
3
Theories of Coalition Formation
The former cannot be sustained because player A can find a counterthreat to it whereby he protects his interest in (65,25,0;AB,C) and player C is more satisfied with the counterthreat than with the threat. The latter, however, can be sustained,  ...
James P. Kahan, Amnon Rapoport, 2014
4
Nuclear Fallacies: How We Have Been Misguided since Hiroshima
“In the pre-nuclear age,” as Hans Morgenthau once pointed out, “the threat and the counterthreat of force could always be, and frequently were, put to the test of actual performance, and either the threat or the counterthreat was then proved to  ...
Robert W. Malcolmson, 1985
5
Nominations Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, ...
The Department supports counterthreat finance interoperability with other government agencies to achieve national security objectives. If confirmed as ASD for GSA, I will be responsible for developing the Department's counterthreat finance ...
Carl Levin, 2010
6
Philosophy, Rhetoric, and the End of Knowledge: A New ...
In this game of epistemic bluffsmanship, the savvy historian can now issue her own counterthreat to the Platonic Plague. This counterthreat would come in handy in dealing with philosophical and social scientific attempts to ontologize ...
Steve Fuller, James H. Collier, 2003
7
Threats of Force: International Law and Strategy
According to Rapoport, the difference lies in the fact that the retraction of the counterthreat is never possible, the threat always remains: an adversary can neither use a nuclear threat against the possessor of a Doomsday Machine nor make ...
Francis Grimal, 2012
8
Communication Yearbook 4
Human learning produces variations of response ranging from submission to defiance, through counterthreat, to night. Complex interactions sequence themselves in ways not predictable from simple reduction to a generalized propensity to ...
Dan Nimmo, 1980
9
American national security
Examples of counterthreat used as an integrative response seem to be rarer, for whereas both submission and defiance, in a sense, unite the threatener and the threatened in some sort of a social system in which integrative factors may ...
Morton Berkowitz, P. G. Bock, 1965
10
Models of Strategic Choice in Politics
Thus, we require the additional refinement, which we call a viable counterthreat. Viable Counterthreat. The counterthreat (r",C") is viable for i G K if there exists no Ca C C'm - {i} such that C„ has a threat, (r0,C0), against C\or C\ + {/}, with r°j > r" ...
Peter C. Ordeshook, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COUNTERTHREAT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term counterthreat is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ottawa must stop threats to Wood Buffalo National Park
Looming over these requests is UNESCO's own counterthreat: that it could declare Wood Buffalo as being “in danger” and even take away the ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
2
The Obama-Bibi Two-State Two-Step
It is remarkable that it was Netanyahu's threat to walk away from Palestinian statehood that prompted the White House's counterthreat to ... «Foreign Policy, Mar 15»
3
De Blasio would veto bill criminalizing police chokeholds
... with 51 members, downplayed the mayor's threat of "the v-word," saying, "It's so early in the process to be playing threat and counterthreat." ... «Newsday, Jan 15»
4
Counter Threat Finance (CTF): Grasping the Eel
[6] Deputy Secretary of Defense, Directive-Type Memorandum (DTM) 08-034, DoD counterthreat finance (CTF) Policy (December 2, 2008). «ISN, Mar 14»
5
Assailing US and Kiev, Putin Keeps Open Option of Force
In Moscow, the Kremlin responded to American warnings of economic punishment and isolation for its actions in Crimea with a counterthreat ... «New York Times, Mar 14»
6
Once Again, Judiciary Beats Congress To Patent Reform
In the editorial, the authors opined that a simple solution to avoid unwanted litigation from patent assertion entities was the counterthreat of ... «Law360, Oct 13»
7
What to do about Syria: Time for Plan B
A "counterthreat facilitation initiative" should target illicit businesses and revenue streams and use strategically planned law enforcement ... «Foreign Policy, Sep 13»
8
Gas-mask distribution centers double as polling stations
In order to guarantee that the risk remains very slight, we should issue a counterthreat of a preemptive strike. To get the latest from Haaretz ... «Haaretz, Aug 13»
9
Alexander to Reid : Mess With the Filibuster at Your Own Peril
The tacit counterthreat from the GOP is now explicit: if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid deploys the so-called "nuclear option"—eliminating ... «National Journal, Jun 13»
10
US looks for China to deliver on North Korea, a strategy with uneven …
But with only the counterthreat of overwhelming force to offer the North Koreans, the U.S. has little choice but to rely on Beijing to de-escalate ... «Fox News, Apr 13»

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