In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
COUNTERSTRIKE
counterattack, counterstrike
(verb) make a counterattack
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
counterstrike (plural counterstrikes)
(military, sports) The tactic of counterattacking
Synonyms
• counterattack
Verb
counterstrike (third-person singular simple present counterstrikes, present participle counterstriking, simple past and past participle counterstruck)
(intransitive) To perform a counterstrike.
Source: Wiktionary
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