Definition of "offensives" []

• Plural form of offensive. (noun)

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• "He praised Pakistan's military for taking on Pakistani insurgents in offensives of recent months."
• "Despite the fact that his numerical inferiority and the breakdown of the main French offensives on the Rhine front compelled him to adopt the strategic defensive for the greater part of the period under review, he never abandoned the tactical offensive for a single day."
• "The offensives are the first operations under Barack Obama's new regional strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan to defeat the Taliban and its Islamist allies."