offense
Example Sentences
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“The cheapest way to build your defense is to actually hit it with the best offense and refine it,” Mandia said.
That act on its own, she said, constituted “a very serious offense.”
From Los Angeles Times
Those commanders described Smith’s preoccupation with the daily crime report, which provides the public a daily tally of nine felony offenses.
However rough a given game is for the Sooners’ offense, Oklahoma is going to make absolutely sure that the other team has an even more painful day.
“We’re going on offense, not just on defense,” he told reporters at the Oval Office.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
