"counter-offensive" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: counter-offensive, counter-offensive, more counter-offensive, most counter-offensive
Etymology: : counter-offensive < counter- + offensive
  1. η αντεπίθεση
    Sense id: el-counter-offensive-en-adj-lBgAU9c6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

Forms: counter-offensive, counter-offensive, counter-offensives
Etymology: : counter-offensive < counter- + offensive
  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: el-counter-offensive-en-noun-47DEQpj8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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