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Retaliatory Actions Crossword Clue

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99%15Exact Match!
noun

• an action taken to offset another action

95%9Exact Match!
noun

• the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired

• misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service

• Blowback is a system of operation for self-loading firearms that obtains energy from the motion of the cartridge case as it is pushed to the rear by expanding gases created by the ignition of the propellant charge.

95%14Exact Match!
noun

• an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.

• (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board

verb

• make a counterattack

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New York Times06 Jul 1979 Across 54
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