counter-offensive

See also: counteroffensive

English

Alternative forms

• counteroffensive

Etymology

counter- +‎ offensive

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

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

Adjective

counter-offensive (comparative more counter-offensive, superlative most counter-offensive)

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

Derived terms

• counteroffensively