counterdemolition

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Etymology[edit]

counter- +‎ demolition

Noun[edit]

counterdemolition (uncountable)

  1. (rare) A demolition meant to retaliate for another.
    • 1943, Gregory Meiksins, chapter X, in The Baltic Riddle‎[1], New York: L. B. Fischer, page 185:
      There was no counterdemolition to retaliate for the wholesale destruction carried out by the Civil Guards in the Finnish territory ceded to Russia.
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