counterdemolition

English

Alternative forms

  • counter-demolition (rare)

Etymology

From counter- +‎ demolition.

Noun

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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