counteroffensive

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1. counteroffensive - Noun

2. counteroffensive - Adjective

Meaning

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

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A counteroffensive by the Whites began in March, reinforced by an Imperial German Army squad in April. Source: Internet

China Hands such as Joseph Stilwell argued that it was in American interest to establish communication with the Communists to prepare for a land-based counteroffensive invasion of Japan. Source: Internet

In 1342 however, the menace of the Solari counteroffensive led the new rulers to submit to Luchino Visconti of Milan. Source: Internet

Her daughter Marcela along with her partner, Guillermo Amarilla, had both disappeared in 1979 while re-entering Argentina as part of the Montoneros "strategic counteroffensive". Source: Internet

Upon his return, the Conducător oversaw a counteroffensive which stabilized the front on a line between Iași and Chișinău to the north and the lower Dniester to the east. Source: Internet

He received an approval from Hitler for a counteroffensive against the Soviet forces advancing in the Donbass region.sfn On 12 February 1943, the remaining German forces were reorganised. Source: Internet

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