counter-offensive

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Noun

counter-offensive (plural counter-offensives)

1. An attack made in response to a previous offensive, and intended to stop it.

Synonyms

• counter-attack

Translations

• French: contre-offensive
• German: Gegenoffensive
• Italian: controffensiva
• Russian: контрнаступле́ние
• Spanish: contraofensiva

Adjective

counter-offensive

1. Being or relating to an attack in response to a previous offensive, and intended to stop it.

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