as in counterattack
an attack made to counter an enemy's attack
the army launched a counteroffensive at dawn
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Recent Examples of counteroffensive
Democrats have focused their early counteroffensives on Musk, who is viewed more negatively than positively overall, according to the Pew survey.
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Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
After the unsuccessful counteroffensive of 2023, the administration helped Ukraine create three vectors of action that would weaken Moscow’s ability to prosecute the war indefinitely and thus put pressure on it to negotiate seriously.
—Thomas Wright, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2025
As part of his counteroffensive, the company created the Third Party Fact-Checkers, or Independent Fact-checkers, program to address misinformation on its platforms.
—Jorge Ramis, WIRED, 11 Jan. 2025
What happened instead was three years of intense fighting, thanks to Ukraine counteroffensives armed by tranches of aid coming from its Western allies.
—Lou Robinson, CNN, 23 Feb. 2025
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Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
After the unsuccessful counteroffensive of 2023, the administration helped Ukraine create three vectors of action that would weaken Moscow’s ability to prosecute the war indefinitely and thus put pressure on it to negotiate seriously.
—Thomas Wright, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2025
As part of his counteroffensive, the company created the Third Party Fact-Checkers, or Independent Fact-checkers, program to address misinformation on its platforms.
—Jorge Ramis, WIRED, 11 Jan. 2025
What happened instead was three years of intense fighting, thanks to Ukraine counteroffensives armed by tranches of aid coming from its Western allies.
—Lou Robinson, CNN, 23 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counteroffensive
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Towards the end of the 1-0 win granted by Arda Guler’s early strike, the Frenchman went to the turf after trying to start a counterattack but clashing with the opposite team’s player Luis Milla.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Their effects range from healing hit points (HP) upon a successful counterattack to being able to attack twice in a row, but damage output is cut in half.—
George Yang,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Counteroffensive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counteroffensive. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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