offensive
uh fen siv
- n the action of attacking an enemy
- s violating or tending to violate or offend against
considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity - a for the purpose of attack rather than defense
offensive weapons - a causing anger or annoyance
offensive remarks - a morally offensive
- a unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses
offensive odors - a substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one
- s causing or able to cause nausea
- Prime Minister John Curtin this week proclaimed publicly what everyone had guessed privately: Australia could not possibly embark on a large-scale offensive for at least six months.
- But rather than mount an offensive in the strongholds of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in South Waziristan the sort of campaign promised by President Asif Ali Zardari .
- Last week saw the great offensive of Europe's new war.