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counter-order
noun[ C ]
(alsocounterorder)uk /ˈkaʊn.tərˌɔː.dər/ us /ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚˌɔːr.dɚ/
an order(= something that someone tells you you must do) that states the opposite of a previous order:
On the battlefield, orders and conflicting counter-orders were adding to the general chaos.
The following week, a counterorder prohibited workers from entering the site.
Vaudreuil then issued counter-orders.
There were orders and counterorders, conflicts, and temporary leaders.
The judge said officers should ignore any counter-orders on this subject from then on.
In any prison there is a jungle of orders and counter-orders.
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