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Word entry · 9 letters

offensive

Best crossword clue

"Military attack"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /əˈfɛnsɪv/Part of speech noun, adjectiveSorted eeffinosvStarts with OEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the action of attacking an enemy

Word origin

From Middle French offensif, from offendre + -if by analogy with défensif. Offendre is from Latin offendere (“to offend”); see offend.

Used in a sentence

  • Some people find pornography offensive.
  • An offensive smell.
  • A survey at Yale University had 63% of students wanting professors to issue “trigger warnings” before saying anything that some might find offensive or could cause painful emotions.

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