countermeasure

English

Etymology

counter- +‎ measure

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊntəmɛʒə/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛʒə(ɹ)

Noun

countermeasure (plural countermeasures)

1. Any action taken to counteract or correct another.

   We fear that this will be the beginning of a negative development of measures and countermeasures, at the end of which there will be no winner CNN-money, Why President Trump's obsession with German cars is misplaced, Jackie Wattles and Charles Riley, May 31, 2018

2. (military, chiefly in the plural) Any of the devices and techniques used to impair the operational effectiveness of an enemy.

Derived terms

• anticountermeasure
• countercountermeasure

Translations

action

• Armenian: հակամիջոց (hy) (hakamiǰocʻ)
• Belarusian: контрме́ра f (kontrmjéra)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 對策／对策 (zh) (duìcè)

• Finnish: vastatoimi
• French: contre-mesure (fr) f
• German: Gegenmaßnahme (de) f
• Greek: αντίμετρο (el) n (antímetro)
• Italian: contromisura (it) f
• Japanese: 対策 (ja) (たいさく, taisaku)
• Korean: 대책(對策) (ko) (daechaek)
• Macedonian: противмерка f (protivmerka)
• Portuguese: contramedida f
• Russian: контрме́ра (ru) f (kontrméra)
• Spanish: contramedida f
• Swedish: motåtgärd (sv) c
• Ukrainian: контрмі́ра f (kontrmíra)

military device or technique

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• Armenian: հակամիջոց (hy) (hakamiǰocʻ)
• Belarusian: контрме́ра f (kontrmjéra)
• Chinese:

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• Polish: przeciwśrodek (pl) m
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• Russian: контрме́ра (ru) f (kontrméra)
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: контрмі́ра f (kontrmíra)