offensive 1
noundomain: activity
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
the action of attacking an enemy
Hypernym
operation 5
noun
activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
EnglishHyponym
a large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking force
dirty war 1
noun
an offensive conducted by secret police or the military of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the use of kidnapping and torture and murder with civilians often being the victims
rollback 1
noun
the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw
