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16 letters · 27 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking force
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English offensive English counteroffensive From counter- + offensive.
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