"counteroffensive" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more counteroffensive [comparative], most counteroffensive [superlative]
Etymology: counter- + offensive Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|counter|offensive}} counter- + offensive Head templates: {{en-adj}} counteroffensive (comparative more counteroffensive, superlative most counteroffensive)
  1. US spelling of counter-offensive Tags: US, alt-of Alternative form of: counter-offensive
    Sense id: en-counteroffensive-en-adj-aRLfUZiD Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with counter- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with counter-: 50 50

Noun

Forms: counteroffensives [plural]
Etymology: counter- + offensive Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|counter|offensive}} counter- + offensive Head templates: {{en-noun}} counteroffensive (plural counteroffensives)
  1. US spelling of counter-offensive Tags: US, alt-of Alternative form of: counter-offensive
    Sense id: en-counteroffensive-en-noun-aRLfUZiD Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with counter- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with counter-: 50 50

Inflected forms

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