countercommand

verb 2noun 1

Definitions

noun

1

A command that cancels or reverses a previous command; a countermand.

Someone else had given a countercommand — the Spanish soldiers were in riotous retreat! Don Carlos was engulfed by the screaming swirl of the Moorish horsemen.

verb

1

To countermand (a previous command).

2

To countermand (a person or group).

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