counteroffensive
adjEtymology From counter- + offensive.
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US US spelling of counter-offensive.
- Derived terms
- counteroffensively
counteroffensive
nounEtymology From counter- + offensive.
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US US spelling of counter-offensive.
- As the war slogs on, a growing flow of Western weapons over the summer is now playing a key role in the counteroffensive, helping Ukraine significantly boost its precision strike capability. Since the counteroffensive began, Ukraine said, its forces have reclaimed more than 30 settlements in the Kharkiv region.2022 September 11, Yuras Karmanau, “Ukraine pushes major counteroffensive as war marks 200 days”, in AP News, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2022: