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offensive noun
/əˈfent .sɪv/ n [C] Definition
a planned military attack
They launched the land offensive in the middle of the night.
UN troops have gone on the offensive (= started to attack).
take the offensive
to attack first
(Definition of offensive noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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