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Definition 2024

counter-offensive

counter-offensive

See also: counteroffensive

English

Alternative forms

counteroffensive

Noun

counter-offensive ‎(plural counter-offensives)

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

Synonyms

counter-attack

Translations

attack made in response to a previous offensive

Chinese:
Mandarin: 反攻 (zh) ‎(fǎngōng)
French: contre-offensive (fr) f
German: Gegenoffensive f
Greek: αντεπίθεση (el) f ‎(antepíthesi)

Italian: controffensiva (it) f
Japanese: 反攻 (ja) ‎(はんこう, hankō)
Russian: контрнаступле́ние (ru) n ‎(kontrnastuplénije)
Spanish: contraofensiva f
Swedish: motoffensiv c