counter-offensive
counter-offensive noun: an attack made in response to a previous offensive, and intended to stop it.
Noun
counter-offensive (plural counter-offensives)
- An attack made in response to a previous offensive, and intended to stop it.
- Synonyms:
- counter-attack
Adjective
counter-offensive (comparative more counter-offensive, superlative most counter-offensive)
- Being or relating to an attack in response to a previous offensive, and intended to stop it.
counter-offensive meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Arabic
counter-offensive in Hindi
- attack made in response to a previous offensive
- जवाबी हमला javābī hamlā, प्रत्याक्रमण pratyākramaṇ
counter-offensive in Tamil
- எதிர்த்தாக்குதல்
counter-offensive in Urdu
- attack made in response to a previous offensive
- جَوابی حَمْلَہ javābī hamlā
counter-offensive in Arabic
- attack made in response to a previous offensive
- هُجُوم مُضَادّ hujūm muḍādd
More languagesFewer languages
- counter-offensive in Persian
- ضدحمله zedd-e-hamle
- counter-offensive in Vietnamese
- phản công, sự phản công
Synonyms of counter-offensive
Forms of counter-offensive
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | counter-offensives |
| alternative form | counteroffensive |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more counter-offensive |
| superlative | most counter-offensive |
Origin of counter-offensive
From counter- + offensive.
Words formed from counter-offensive
Questions about counter-offensive
- What does counter-offensive mean?
- Counter-offensive means an attack made in response to a previous offensive, and intended to stop it.
- What is counter-offensive in Hindi?
- Counter-offensive in Hindi is जवाबी हमला (javābī hamlā), प्रत्याक्रमण (pratyākramaṇ). See Counter-offensive meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is counter-offensive?
- Counter-offensive can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of counter-offensive?
- The plural of counter-offensive is counter-offensives.
Words near counter-offensive in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: counter-offensive (page history and authors); counter-offensive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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