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COUNTERMEASURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An action taken to offset another action
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("countermeasure" is a kind of...):
measure; step (any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "countermeasure"):
countermine ((military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy)
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