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Meanings of offensives in English
Usage of offensives in English
1
Rebels say they are fighting back against government offensives in the north.
2
Outside of important local gains, the great western offensives have been failures.
3
They hoped it would continue and so permit offensives of their own.
4
After these initial offensives, both men stepped back to catch their breath.
5
But last year rebel offensives reached both countries' capitals before being beaten back.
6
The leaders of the two major parties have been on charm offensives today.
7
Steadfastness has, however, been sapped by ongoing government offensives in Mosul and Aleppo.
8
But two Taliban offensives this week are a direct challenge to that assertion.
9
Winter was approaching rapidly, and so, therefore, was the season of Soviet offensives.
10
Turkey has launched two previous offensives against the Kurds in Syria since 2016.
11
They should launch such offensives in different parts of the country.
12
Cadorna's army was incapable of successful offensives against competently defended positions.
13
The army has conducted offensives in tribal regions such as Bajaur and Mohmand.
14
It has responded since April with offensives against militant strongholds in the northwest.
15
The violence followed offensives that the army said had weakened the al Qaeda-linked Taliban.
16
Sharif said stepping up security and military offensives in the northwest would not work.
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