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counter-threat
noun[ C ]
(alsocounterthreat)uk /ˈkaʊn.təˌθret/ us /ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚˌθret/
a threat that is made in reaction to another threat:
The row quickly degenerated into threats and counter-threats.
If threatened, the victim has the powerful counterthreat of a complaint to the police.
The standoff follows months of threats and counter-threats between central and local government.
Poland warned that it would prevent an agreement, prompting a counterthreat from Germany.
The exchange of threat and counterthreat signalled a sharp deterioration in relations between the two countries.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Dangers and threats
balefully
baneful
banefully
black spot
hang over something
hazard
hazardous
hazardously
hazmat
on/under pain of deathidiom
or elseidiom
parlous
parlously
peril
someone's bark is worse than his/her biteidiom
tombstoning
treacherously
triple threat
ultra-hazardous
venturesome
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