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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking force; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

counteroffensive
    n 1: a large scale offensive (more than a counterattack)
         undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative
         from an attacking force