Meaning

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

    Gegenoffensive

    контрнаступле́ниеkontrnastuplénije

    контрна́ступkontrnástup

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
attack made in response to a previous offensive:
Русский
By meaning 1
attack made in response to a previous offensive:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
attack made in response to a previous offensive:

Origin

From counter- + offensive.

From counter- + offensive.

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