COUNTEROFFENSIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does counteroffensive mean? 

• COUNTEROFFENSIVE (noun)
  The noun COUNTEROFFENSIVE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: COUNTEROFFENSIVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COUNTEROFFENSIVE (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)