Fighting and Offensive

Fighting

Fighting adjective - Engaged in or ready for military or naval operations.

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Offensive and fighting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Offensive" instead the word "Fighting" as an adjective or a noun.

Nearby Words: fight, fighter

Offensive adjective - Causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment.

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Fighting and offensive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fighting" instead the word "Offensive" as an adjective or a noun.

Nearby Words: offend, offence, offensively

high	high fighting	high offensive
single	single fighting	single offensive
entire	entire fighting	entire offensive
real	real fighting	real offensive
Other adjectives: serious, little, bad, main, major, general, outright, worst.

They encounter a German platoon recently returned from the fighting in Russia, who have no wish to die in the upcoming offensive.

Source: Film / A Midnight Clear
So much that fighting them one-by-one is actually a less favorable option than facing a swarm of them — then at least you can spam offensive spells more efficiently.

Source: Demonic Spiders / Role-Playing Games
Magic Knight: Guen can specialize in sword-fighting and magic (either offensive or supportive).

Source: Video Game / Guenevere

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