Associations to the word «Counteroffensive»

Wiktionary

COUNTEROFFENSIVE, noun. US spelling of counter-offensive

Dictionary definition

COUNTEROFFENSIVE, noun. A large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking force.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats