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COUNTEROFFENSIVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking force
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("counteroffensive" is a kind of...):
offence; offense; offensive (the action of attacking an enemy)
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