countermove

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

countermove
    n 1: an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy
         force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy
         advance units etc. [syn: {counterattack}, {countermove}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Countermove \Coun"ter*move`\ (-m??v`), n. Countermovement
\Coun"ter*move`ment\ (-ment).
   A movement in opposition to another.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Countermove \Coun`ter*move"\ (koun`t?r-m??v"), v. t. & i.
   To move in a contrary direction to.
   [1913 Webster] Countermove

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

41 Moby Thesaurus words for "countermove":
      action, ad hoc measure, answer, artifice, contrivance, coup,
      course of action, demarche, device, dodge, effort, expedient,
      gimmick, improvisation, jury-rig, jury-rigged expedient,
      last expedient, last resort, last shift, makeshift, maneuver,
      means, measure, move, pis aller, resort, resource, shake-up, shift,
      solution, step, stopgap, stratagem, stroke, stroke of policy,
      tactic, temporary expedient, trick, trump, working hypothesis,
      working proposition