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Countercoups
- noun - a sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat
Counterfeits
- noun - a copy that is represented as the original
- make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"
Counterfires
- noun - fire intended to neutralize or destroy enemy weapons
Counterflory
- - Adorned with flowers (usually fleurs-de-lis) so divided that the tops appear on one side and the bottoms on the others; -- said of any ordinary.
Counterfoils
- noun - the part of a check that is retained as a record
Counterglows
- noun - a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space
Counterguard
- - A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire.
Countermands
- noun - a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command
- cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
Countermarch
- noun - (military) a march in the reverse direction or back along the same route
- change the order of soldiers during a march
- march back along the same way