counter-offensive
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counter-offensive
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From counter- + offensive.
noun counter-offensives · counteroffensive
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An attack made in response to a previous offensive, and intended to stop it.
Similar: counter-attack
adjective more counter-offensive · most counter-offensive · counteroffensive
- Being or relating to an attack in response to a previous offensive, and intended to stop it.
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noun attack made in response to a previous offensive
| Español | contraofensiva |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 반공 ban'gong |
| 日本語 | 反攻 hankō |
| 中文 | 反攻 fǎngōng |
| हिन्दी | जवाबी हमला javābī hamlā, प्रत्याक्रमण pratyākramaṇ |
| Português | contraofensiva |
| Français | contre-offensive |
| Deutsch | Gegenoffensive |
| Italiano | controffensiva |
| Ελληνικά | αντεπίθεση antepíthesi |
| Română | contraofensivă |
| Русский | контрнаступле́ние kontrnastuplénije |
| Tiếng Việt | phản công, sự phản công |
| العربية | هُجُوم مُضَادّ hujūm muḍādd |
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title = {counter-offensive},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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