offensive
/ˈɔˌfɛnsɪv/ nom C2En français : offensive
- An attack. · The Marines today launched a major offensive.
- The posture of attacking or being able to attack. · He took the offensive in the press, accusing his opponent of corruption.
Pluriel offensives
Dans la bibliothèque
“Some inquiries are offensive,” Barker answered angrily.
In the first place, he must make such an agreement for tithes as may be beneficial to himself and not offensive to his patron.
If, in the explanation of them which is due to myself, I am under the necessity of relating feelings which may be offensive to yours, I can only say that I am sorry.
Science becomes, in their hands, not only a defensive weapon, but still more frequently an offensive one; the one serves against all their physical sufferings, the other against all their enemies.
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