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How to pronounce counteroffensive in English?

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Type Words
Type of offence, offense, offensive

Examples of counteroffensive

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The Russian offensive of June 18, 1917 was crushed by a German counteroffensive.
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Carleton then launched a counteroffensive to regain the forts on Lake Champlain.
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That changed when Germany mounted a major counteroffensive on December 16, 1944.
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His plan was to delay combat, rest his troops, and then launch a counteroffensive.
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The Soviet winter counteroffensive weakened the Wehrmacht, but did not destroy it.
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Georgia said Russian troops forced the country to launch a counteroffensive.
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This was Sydney's turn, a counteroffensive that saw it boot eight goals without reply.
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Once John I usurped the throne, the Byzantines launched a counteroffensive.
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On the other side, the retailing behemoth, which mounted a blistering counteroffensive.
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More examples
  • A large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking force
  • An attack made in response to a previous offensive, and intended to stop it