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- (vanhentunut) offencive
Synonyymit
Määritelmät
Adjektiivi
- Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, sadness, or indignation.
- Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive.
- (sports) Having to do with play directed at scoring.
Substantiivi
- (countable, military) An attack.
- (uncountable) The posture of attacking or being able to attack.
Esimerkit
- Some feminists find pornography offensive.
- In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
- The army's offensive capabilities. An offensive weapon.
- The offensive coordinator is responsible for ordering all rushing plays.
- The Marines today launched a major offensive.
- He took the offensive in the press, accusing his opponent of corruption.
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | offensives |
| Komparatiivi | more offensive |
| Superlatiivi | most offensive |