counteroffensive

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Following the army's counteroffensive and recapture of Khartoum, more than 800,000 people have returned to the capital.

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

When Iraq’s Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990 and Bush Sr. responded with a massive troop mobilization and counteroffensive, Cheney managed it quite competently from the Pentagon.

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2025

It’s a proactive counteroffensive, built on showing that democratic alternatives exist and can work both to identify and solve real problems, and to bring people together.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2024

A Ukrainian officer fighting in the Kursk region told the BBC that the Russian counteroffensive had begun some distance to the west of Sudzha.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024

The marines had started a counteroffensive up near Khe Sanh, and moved up there instead of into the Phuoc Ha Valley.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers