counter-offensive

noun

An attack made in response to a previous offensive, and intended to stop it.

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counter-attack
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Meanings

nouncounter-offensive (plural counter-offensives)

plural counter-offensives · alternative counteroffensive

  1. An attack made in response to a previous offensive, and intended to stop it.

    Synonyms: counter-attack

adjectivecounter-offensive (comparative more counter-offensive, superlative most counter-offensive)

comparative more counter-offensive · superlative most counter-offensive · alternative counteroffensive

  1. Being or relating to an attack in response to a previous offensive, and intended to stop it.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn attack made in response to a previous offensive, and intended to stop it.

Similar
counter-attack
Also see
counter-attack

Origin

From counter- + offensive.

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Translations

Arabic هُجُوم مُضَادّ
  • هُجُوم مُضَادّ (hujūm muḍādd)attack made in response to a previous offensive
Bulgarian контранастъпле́ние
  • контранастъпле́ние (kontranastăplénie)attack made in response to a previous offensive
Chinese Cantonese 反攻
  • 反攻 (faan² gung¹)attack made in response to a previous offensive
Chinese Mandarin 反攻
  • 反攻 (fǎngōng)attack made in response to a previous offensive
Czech protiofenzíva
  • protiofenzívaattack made in response to a previous offensive
Danish modoffensiv
  • modoffensivattack made in response to a previous offensive
Dutch tegenoffensief
  • tegenoffensiefattack made in response to a previous offensive
Esperanto kontraŭofensivo, kontraŭatako
  • kontraŭofensivoattack made in response to a previous offensive
  • kontraŭatakoattack made in response to a previous offensive
Estonian vastupealetung
  • vastupealetungattack made in response to a previous offensive
Finnish vastahyökkäys
  • vastahyökkäysattack made in response to a previous offensive
French contre-offensive
  • contre-offensiveattack made in response to a previous offensive
German Gegenoffensive
  • Gegenoffensiveattack made in response to a previous offensive
Greek αντεπίθεση
  • αντεπίθεση (antepíthesi)attack made in response to a previous offensive
Hindi जवाबी हमला, प्रत्याक्रमण
  • जवाबी हमला (javābī hamlā)attack made in response to a previous offensive
  • प्रत्याक्रमण (pratyākramaṇ)attack made in response to a previous offensive
Hungarian ellentámadás
  • ellentámadásattack made in response to a previous offensive
Icelandic gagnsókn
  • gagnsóknattack made in response to a previous offensive
Italian controffensiva
  • controffensivaattack made in response to a previous offensive
Japanese 反攻
  • 反攻 (hankō)attack made in response to a previous offensive
Korean 반공, 반공격
  • 반공 (ban'gong)attack made in response to a previous offensive
  • 반공격 (ban'gonggyeok)attack made in response to a previous offensive
Latvian pretuzbrukums
  • pretuzbrukumsattack made in response to a previous offensive
Lithuanian kontrpuolimas
  • kontrpuolimasattack made in response to a previous offensive
Norwegian Bokmål motoffensiv
  • motoffensivattack made in response to a previous offensive
Persian ضدحمله
  • ضدحمله (zedd-e-hamle)attack made in response to a previous offensive
Polish kontrofensywa, kontrnatarcie
  • kontrofensywaattack made in response to a previous offensive
  • kontrnatarcieattack made in response to a previous offensive
Portuguese contraofensiva
  • contraofensivaattack made in response to a previous offensive
Romanian contraofensivă
  • contraofensivăattack made in response to a previous offensive
Russian контрнаступле́ние
  • контрнаступле́ние (kontrnastuplénije)attack made in response to a previous offensive
Slovak protiofenzíva
  • protiofenzívaattack made in response to a previous offensive
Spanish contraofensiva
  • contraofensivaattack made in response to a previous offensive
Swedish motoffensiv
  • motoffensivattack made in response to a previous offensive
Turkish karşı saldırı
  • karşı saldırıattack made in response to a previous offensive
Ukrainian контрна́ступ
  • контрна́ступ (kontrnástup)attack made in response to a previous offensive
Urdu جَوابی حَمْلَہ
  • جَوابی حَمْلَہ (javābī hamlā)attack made in response to a previous offensive
Vietnamese phản công, sự phản công
  • phản côngattack made in response to a previous offensive
  • sự phản côngattack made in response to a previous offensive
Cite this entry
APA

counter-offensive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counter-offensive

MLA

“counter-offensive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counter-offensive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counter-offensive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counter-offensive.

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