counterblast

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: coun=ter=blast

CIDE DICTIONARY

counterblast, n. 

 a vigorous and unrestrained verbal response; as, her tirade provoked a counterblast from her husband.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

counterblast, n. (often foll. by to) an energetic or violent verbal or written reply to an argument etc.

ROGET THESAURUS

counterblast

Counteraction

N counteraction, opposition, contrariety, antagonism, polarity, clashing, collision, interference, inhibition, resistance, renitency, friction, reaction, retroaction, counterblast, neutralization, vis inertiae, check, voluntary opposition &c, voluntary resistance, repression, opposites, action and reaction, yang and yin, yang-yin (contrariety), counteracting, antagonistic, conflicting, retroactive, renitent, reactionary, contrary, although, in spite of, against, for every action there is a reaction, equal in force and opposite in direction.