offensive#3 (a)

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type a
lex_filenum 00
def for the purpose of attack rather than defense
examples offensive weapons
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Also see aggressive; hostile
Antonym offensive → defensive
Similar to antipersonnel; assaultive, attacking(a); hit-and-run, tip-and-run; incursive, invading, invasive; marauding, predatory, raiding; on the offensive(p)
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Also see aggressive; hostile
Similar to antipersonnel; assaultive, attacking(a); hit-and-run, tip-and-run; incursive, invading, invasive; marauding, predatory, raiding; on the offensive(p)
Antonym defensive → offensive
Derived from adjective offensively → offensive

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