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Meanings of offensive in English

Portuguese
ofensa
Catalan
atac
Spanish
ataque
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The action of attacking an enemy.

        ofensa
        Spanish
        ofensivo

        Morally offensive.

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            Portuguese
            ofensivo
            Spanish
            ofensivo

            Unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses.

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                  ofensivo
                  Spanish
                  ofensivo

                  For the purpose of attack rather than defense.

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                        Usage of offensive in English
                        1
                        Since Israel's Gaza offensive 18 months ago, cross-border violence has largely abated.
                        Reuters
                        2
                        Bryant had an offensive way of dismissing what he called 'ordinary crime'.
                        The water room
                        3
                        What is particularly offensive is the way the government has announced this.
                        News.com.au
                        4
                        What's more, there are serious legal consequences for using this offensive term.
                        The South African
                        5
                        The next criticism is a related one: the great 'straw man' offensive.
                        The god delusion
                        6
                        Perhaps that's the best way to deal with offensive humor or heckling.
                        Climbing Magazine
                        7
                        Pentagon war planners had said they expected the offensive to last weeks.
                        Reuters
                        8
                        The Germans were certainly aware that a major offensive was being planned.
                        Operation mincemeat: how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled th...
                        9
                        Perhaps most concerning for Atlanta is the health of the offensive line.
                        Reuters
                        10
                        What about the offensive last part, about the impact on public health?
                        The Guardian
                        11
                        Deeply offensive, wrong, and unacceptable, the minister wrote on his Facebook page.
                        Reuters
                        12
                        Now, just think for a second about quite how offensive that is.
                        The Guardian
                        13
                        The crackdown follows a number of reversals for the Russian military offensive.
                        The Irish Times
                        14
                        Hamas said Israel would pay a high price for the ground offensive.
                        BBC
                        15
                        They basically admitted that their campaign to divide South Africans was 'offensive'.
                        The South African
                        16
                        McKinnie said he suggested a change to offensive line coach Jim Turner.
                        Reuters
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