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counter-offensive en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From counter- + offensive.

Meanings

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

Forms

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most counter-offensive Degree=Sup lexicographic
counteroffensive alternative lexicographic
more counter-offensive Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

counteroffensively

counter-offensive en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From counter- + offensive.

Meanings

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

Forms

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counteroffensive alternative lexicographic
counter-offensives Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

counter-attack

Translations (63)

hu ellentámadás (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · it controffensiva (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · nb motoffensiv (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · lt kontrpuolimas (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · pl kontrnatarcie (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · ur جَوابی حَمْلَہ (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · ug قايتۇرما ھۇجۇم (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · sh protofenziva (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · ko 반공격 (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · ky каршы чабуул (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · vi phản công (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · is gagnsókn (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · yue 反攻 (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · nl tegenoffensief (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · bo རྒོལ་ལན་གྱི་དམག་འཐབ (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · fr contre-offensive (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · uk контрна́ступ (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · mk противофанзи́ва (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · hy հակահարձակում (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · ar هُجُوم مُضَادّ (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · pl kontrofensywa (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · sl protiofenziva (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · vi sự phản công (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · sh контраофанзива (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · bg контранастъпле́ние (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · el αντεπίθεση (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · tg ҳамлаи ҷавобӣ (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · tg зидди ҳамла (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · sh kontraofanziva (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · hi प्रत्याक्रमण (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · bo ཕར་རྒོལ་དམག་འཐབ (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · es contraofensiva (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · tr karşı saldırı (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · hi जवाबी हमला (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · sh протофензива (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · de Gegenoffensive (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · eo kontraŭofensivo (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · sv motoffensiv (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · sh protivofanziva (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · bo རྒོལ་ལན (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · ru контрнаступле́ние (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · kk қарсы шабуыл (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · az əks-hücum (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · sh противофанзива (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · da modoffensiv (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · et vastupealetung (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · pt contraofensiva (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · fa ضدحمله (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · ko 반공 (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · cmn 反攻 (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · ro contraofensivă (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · sk protiofenzíva (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · sq kundërsulm (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · fi vastahyökkäys (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · lv pretuzbrukums (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · mk контраофанзи́ва (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · eo kontraŭatako (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · ka კონტრშეტევა (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · tg ҳуҷуми ҷавобӣ (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · be контрнаступле́нне (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · cs protiofenzíva (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · ja 反攻 (attack made in response to a previous offensive) · uz qarshi hujum (attack made in response to a previous offensive)