counteroffensive

Collocations

5

ADJ.

rapid

VERB + COUNTEROFFENSIVE

eying, staged

COUNTEROFFENSIVE + NOUN

ukraine

PREP.

in

ADV.

significantly

Definitions

noun

1

US spelling of counter-offensive.

As the war slogs on, a growing flow of Western weapons over the summer is now playing a key role in the counteroffensive, helping Ukraine significantly boost its precision strike capability. Since the counteroffensive began, Ukraine said, its forces have reclaimed more than 30 settlements in the Kharkiv region.

adj

1

US spelling of counter-offensive.

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Example Bank

3

01

As the war slogs on, a growing flow of Western weapons over the summer is now playing a key role in the counteroffensive, helping Ukraine significantly boost its precision strike capability. Since the

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02

The Algerian army staged a rapid counteroffensive.

Tatoeba · #10987412

03

Ukraine is eying a counteroffensive some time this year.

Tatoeba · #11590548

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