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語源

From counter- +‎ offensive.

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名詞

counter-offensive (plural counter-offensives)

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

同意語

• counter-attack

形容詞

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.

派生語

• counteroffensively

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名詞

counteroffensive (plural counteroffensives)

1. US spelling of counter-offensive
   • 2022 September 11, Yuras Karmanau, “Ukraine pushes major counteroffensive as war marks 200 days”, in AP News‎, archived from the original on 11 September 2022:

     As the war slogs on, a growing flow of Western weapons over the summer is now playing a key role in the counteroffensive, helping Ukraine significantly boost its precision strike capability.
     Since the counteroffensive began, Ukraine said, its forces have reclaimed more than 30 settlements in the Kharkiv region.

形容詞

counteroffensive (comparative more counteroffensive, superlative most counteroffensive)

1. US spelling of counter-offensive

派生語