German-English translation for "act on the offensive"

"act on the offensive" English translation

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offensiv
[ɔfɛnˈziːf]Adjektiv | adjective adj

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offensive
  • offensive
    offensiv besonders Militär, militärisch | military termMIL Sport | sportsSPORT
    offensiv besonders Militär, militärisch | military termMIL Sport | sportsSPORT
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  • offensiv werden
    to go on the offensive
    offensiv werden
offensiv
[ɔfɛnˈziːf]Adverb | adverb adv

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to play on the offensive... to promote aggressively... to give the hard sell...
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Offensive
[ɔfɛnˈziːvə]Femininum | feminine f <Offensive; Offensiven>

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offensive, forwards, offense
  • offensive
    Offensive besonders Militär, militärisch | military termMIL Sport | sportsSPORT
    Offensive besonders Militär, militärisch | military termMIL Sport | sportsSPORT
  • forwardsPlural | plural pl
    Offensive Sport | sportsSPORT Offensivabteilung
    Offensive Sport | sportsSPORT Offensivabteilung
  • offense
    Offensive in Football besonders Militär, militärisch | military termMIL Sport | sportsSPORT
    Offensive in Football besonders Militär, militärisch | military termMIL Sport | sportsSPORT
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  • die Offensive ergreifen
    to go on the offensive
    die Offensive ergreifen
  • in der Offensive sein
    to be on the offensive
    in der Offensive sein
  • zur Offensive übergehen Militär, militärisch | military termMIL
    to switch to offensive operations, to go on the offensive
    zur Offensive übergehen Militär, militärisch | military termMIL
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offensive
[əˈfensiv]adjective | Adjektiv adj

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beleidigend, anstößig, anstoß- ärgerniserregend, ungehörig widerlich, widerwärtig, ekelhaft, übel, kratzbürstig angreifend, offensiv, Offensiv…, Angriffs… gereizt
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  • offensive words
    verletzende Worte
    offensive words
  • to get offensive
    ausfallend werden
    to get offensive
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  • an offensive smell
    ein ekelhafter Geruch
    an offensive smell
  • to findsomething | etwas sth offensive
    something | etwasetwas abstoßend finden
    to findsomething | etwas sth offensive
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offensive
[əˈfensiv]noun | Substantiv s

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Offensive, Angriff Bewegung
  • Offensivefeminine | Femininum f
    offensive
    Angriffmasculine | Maskulinum m
    offensive
    offensive
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  • Bewegungfeminine | Femininum f
    offensive movement figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    offensive movement figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
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act on
intransitive verb | intransitives Verb v/i <with object | mit Objekt+obj>

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wirken auf handeln auf ... hin, folgen
  • wirken auf (with accusative | mit Akkusativ+akk)
    act on
    act on
  • handeln auf (with accusative | mit Akkusativ+akk)... hin Warnung
    act on
    act on
  • folgen (with dative | mit Dativ+dat) Rat
    act on
    act on
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offensiveness
noun | Substantiv s

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Beleidigende, Anstößigkeit Widerlichkeit, Widerwärtigkeit, Ekligkeit
  • (das) Beleidigende, Anstößigkeitfeminine | Femininum f
    offensiveness insulting, objectionable thing
    offensiveness insulting, objectionable thing
  • Widerlichkeitfeminine | Femininum f
    offensiveness repulsiveness
    Widerwärtigkeitfeminine | Femininum f
    offensiveness repulsiveness
    Ekligkeitfeminine | Femininum f
    offensiveness repulsiveness
    offensiveness repulsiveness
offense
, offenselessespecially | besonders besonders American English | amerikanisches EnglischUS

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harmlos
  • selten harmlos
    offense offenceless
    offense offenceless
  • offense für → see „offence“
    offense für → see „offence“
Act
[ɛkt]Maskulinum | masculine m <Acts; Acts> (Engl.) Slang, saloppe Umgangssprache, Jargon | slangsl

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act, event palaver
  • act
    Act Musik | musical termMUS Gruppe, Musiker
    Act Musik | musical termMUS Gruppe, Musiker
  • event
    Act Veranstaltung Musik | musical termMUS
    Act Veranstaltung Musik | musical termMUS
  • palaver
    Act großer Aufwand
    Act großer Aufwand
offensively
[əˈfensɪvlɪ]adverb | Adverb adv

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widerlich, anstößig, beleidigend
Defensive
[defɛnˈziːvə]Femininum | feminine f <Defensive; Defensiven>

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defensive
  • defensive
    Defensive
    Defensive
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