Usually means: Targeting military assets, minimizing civilian impact.
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  1. counterforce: Merriam-Webster
  2. counterforce: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. counterforce: Collins English Dictionary
  4. counterforce: Wordnik
  5. counterforce: Wiktionary
  6. counterforce: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. counterforce: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Counterforce, counterforce: Dictionary.com
  9. Counterforce (film), Counterforce: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Counterforce: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. counterforce: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Counterforce: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. counterforce: FreeDictionary.org
  14. counterforce: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (counterforce)

noun:  A force that opposes another force.
adjective:  (military) Targeting an opponent's military assets, such as missile silos, rather than other valuable assets such as cities and civilian populations.

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