counter-offensive

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)

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