counteroffensive
Meaning of counteroffensive
noun
An attack made in response to a previous offensive, and intended to stop it.
adjective
Being or relating to an attack in response to a previous offensive, and intended to stop it.
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Hyphenation of counteroffensive
coun-terof-fen-sive
- It consists of 4 syllables and 16 chars.
- counteroffensive is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
Translation of counteroffensive
- French: contre-offensive, contre-attaque
- Spanish: contraofensiva
- Italian: controffensiva
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