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Definition of Countershot
1. Noun. A return shot; a retaliatory shot.
Definition of Countershot
1. Noun. A shot made in response to another shot (as from a gun or cannon). ¹
2. Noun. (film) A shot taken to contrast with another. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Countershot
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Countershot
Literary usage of Countershot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Red Badge of Courage and Four Stories by Stephen Crane (1997)
"He understood then that the existence of shot and countershot was in the past.
He had dwelt in a land of strange, squalling upheavals and had come forth. ..."
2. The Urban Condition: space, community, and self in the contemporary metropolis by Ghent Urban Studies Team (1999)
"However, due to the film grammar of shot and countershot these movies cannot help
but also offer at least a doubled point of view, whereby the driver is ..."
3. History of San Mateo County, California: Including Its Geography, Topography (1883)
"But the example of appealing to the judiciary was imitated by the opposition,
and soon after the above decision a countershot was fired by John McDougall, ..."
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