countermove

noun

coun·ter·move ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌmüv

variants or countermove

plural countermoves or counter-moves

: a move designed to check, offset, or counter another move

Chess-playing programs, for instance, were … instructed to look ahead and try to calculate all possible moves and countermoves.

Tom Alexander

… had seen … a linebacker drift out and line up nose to nose on a wide receiver. It surprised them, and they had come up with a countermove.

Mark Bowden

… wanted to play out the long-term implications of possible U.S. moves and Iranian countermoves.

James Fallows

"Their kidnapping of Miss Tuppence is the counter-move to your escape."

Agatha Christie

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