Counteroffensive

Word COUNTEROFFENSIVE
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Definitions and meanings of "Counteroffensive"

What do we mean by counteroffensive?

A large-scale counterattack by an armed force, intended to stop an enemy offensive. noun

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

A large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking force noun

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

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The word "counteroffensive" in example sentences

The White House counteroffensive is too little, too late. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Italy's interior minister, Roberto Maroni, called upon authorities in Greece to cooperate in what he called a counteroffensive to ❋ Unknown (2010)

The counteroffensive is a special type of offensive that defending forces execute. ❋ United States Army (1998)

Mr Feltri, who is leading an aggressive "counteroffensive" to "unmask" critics of scandals in Mr Berlusconi's private life, had unearthed a 2004 incident in which Mr Boffo paid a fine for alleged telephone harassment of the wife of an unnamed man whom Il Giornale claimed had been his gay lover, adding that he was a homosexual "known to the police for this kind of activity". ❋ Unknown (2009)

QUESTION: But what evidence is there from a military standpoint that they have the ability to either regroup or launch any kind of counteroffensive, given the pounding that they've taken for the past two months? ❋ Unknown (2001)

Q Are you going to mount any kind of counteroffensive, other than having the President criticize it here at the White House? ❋ ITY National Archives (1999)

The statement, read out repeatedly, said the president's forces were planning to launch a "counteroffensive" from the airport on ❋ Unknown (1997)

He was recalling the talk of a "counteroffensive" against the intruder-and it frightened him. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1990)

Nor is it an effective answer to the grim counteroffensive which is causing so much suffering to millions of people. ❋ Unknown (1969)

Brokers who sold auction rate securities to customers have begun a "counteroffensive" in response to investigations by New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, according to CNBC. ❋ Unknown (2009)

At the same time the CIA, or agents acting on their own, had begun a counteroffensive. ❋ Walter F. Mondale (2010)

But since then, employing his own troops and foreign mercenaries, Gadhafi has mounted an effective counteroffensive. ❋ Max Boot (2011)

There were also reports of air and artillery strikes against Brega, farther east, as government forces sought to press their counteroffensive deeper toward Benghazi, the self-styled capital of the rebel-held east. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Nike launched a public relations counteroffensive. ❋ Rebecca Tushnet (2009)

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