Offensive and Pushing

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

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Pushing and offensive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pushing" instead an adjective "Offensive".

Nearby Words: offend, offence, offensively

Pushing adjective - Having a strong desire for personal advancement.

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Offensive and pushing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Offensive" instead an adjective "Pushing".

Nearby Words: push, pushed, pushy, pusher, pushful

Inverted in The Replacements, where one of the replacement players is a sumo wrestler whose incredible skill at pushing people around comes in handy as an offensive lineman in American football.

Source: I Know Madden Kombat
The Entente would stay on the offensive for the majority of the war, slowly but surely pushing back the Germans.

Source: Useful Notes / World War I
The Germans took the offensive on the 4th of August and began pushing through Belgium, regardless of the hostilities.

Source: Useful Notes / World War I

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