Offensive and Push

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Offensive noun - The act or action of setting upon with force or violence.

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Push is a synonym for offensive in attack topic. In some cases you can use "Push" instead a noun "Offensive", when it comes to topics like conflict.

Nearby Words: offend, offence, offensively

Push noun - A series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal.

Usage example: an unprecedented push to pass stronger gun control measures

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Offensive is a synonym for push in effort topic. Sometimes you can use "Offensive" instead a noun "Push", if it concerns topics such as advance, assault, physical force.

Nearby Words: pushed, pushy, pushover, pushing, pusher

original	original offensive	original push
initial	initial offensive	initial push
single	single offensive	single push
strong	strong offensive	strong push
Other adjectives: powerful, entire, real, massive, large, big, serious, huge, little, quick, main, meaningful, major, political, final, desperate, next, last, failed, sudden, sustained.

The Italian offensive of late 1940 designed to push the British out of Egypt got so far.

Source: Attack! Attack... Retreat! Retreat!
Push units can push enemy advances back and usually have high HP, but little to no offensive power.

Source: Stone Wall
The Entente, sensing the Germans had exhausted their offensive capabilities, began what is called "The Hundred Days Offensive," a continent-wide series of offensives by the Entente intended to push the Germans out of France and finally end the war.

Source: Useful Notes / World War I

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