Countercity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Countercity is an adjective meaning (military) Targeting a city.
Meaning
(military) Targeting a city.
Example Sentences
A countercity strike would be a direct and intentional attack against noncombatants, representing a violation of noncombatant immunity on a mass scale—this besides the disproportionality of the destruction such a countercity strike would entail.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include counterforce, countercombatant, counterbattery, antitorpedo, antipersonnel, attacking.
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