| NOUN | act | offence, offense, offensive | the action of attacking an enemy / enemy |
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| group | offence, offense | the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score | |
| feeling | offence, umbrage, offense | a feeling of anger caused by being offended | |
| act | offence, discourtesy, offense, offensive activity | a lack of politeness | |
| act | offence, offense | a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right |
| Meaning | The action of attacking an enemy / enemy. | |
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| Synonyms | offense, offensive | |
| Narrower | counteroffensive | A large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking / attacking force |
| dirty war | An offensive conducted by secret police or the military of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the use of kidnapping and torture and murder with civilians often being the victims | |
| rollback, push back | The act of forcing the enemy / enemy to withdraw | |
| Broader | operation, military operation | Activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign) |
| Spanish | ataque, ofensiva | |
| Catalan | atac, ofensa, ofensiva | |
| Meaning | The team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score. | |
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| Synonym | offense | |
| Broader | team, squad | A cooperative unit (especially in sports) |
| Opposite | defense, defence, defending team | (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring |
| Meaning | A feeling of anger caused by being offended. | |
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| Example | "he took offence at my question" | |
| Synonyms | umbrage, offense | |
| Broader | anger, choler, ire | A strong emotion |
| Spanish | ofensa, resentimiento | |
| Catalan | ofensa, ressentiment | |
| Verbs | offend | cause to feel resentment or indignation |
| Meaning | A lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others. | |
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| Synonyms | discourtesy, offense, offensive activity | |
| Narrower | derision, ridicule | The act of deriding or treating with contempt / contempt |
| indelicacy | An impolite act or expression | |
| insolence | An offensive disrespectful impudent act | |
| insult, affront | A deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect | |
| presumption | A kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming | |
| rebuff, slight | A deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger / anger or disapproval) | |
| Broader | behavior, behaviour, conduct, doings | manner of acting or controlling yourself |
| Spanish | atentado, descortesía, injuria, ofensa | |
| Catalan | atemptat, descortesia, injúria, ofensa | |
| Verbs | offend | hurt the feelings of |
| Meaning | A transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right. | |
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| Synonym | offense | |
| Narrower | crime, criminal offense, criminal offence, law-breaking | (criminal law) an act punishable by law |
| Broader | transgression, evildoing | The act of transgressing |
| Spanish | crimen, delito, delitos, infracción | |
| Catalan | crim, delicte, infracció | |
| Verbs | offend | act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises |
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