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offense

[ uh-fens aw-fens, of-ens ]

noun

  1. a violation or breaking of a social or moral rule; transgression; sin.

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  2. a transgression of the law; misdemeanor.

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  3. a cause of transgression or wrong.
  4. something that offends or displeases.
  5. the act of offending or displeasing.
  6. the feeling of resentful displeasure caused:

    to give offense.

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  7. the act of attacking; attack or assault:

    weapons of offense.

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  8. a person, army, etc., that is attacking.

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  9. Sports.
    1. the players or team unit responsible for attacking or scoring in a game.
    2. the players possessing or controlling the ball, puck, etc., or the aspects or period of a game when this obtains.
    3. a pattern or style of scoring attack:

      single-wing offense; fast-break offense.

    4. offensive effectiveness; ability to score:

      a total breakdown in offense.

  10. Archaic. injury, harm, or hurt.


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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉别濒蹿顎-辞蹿路蹿别苍蝉别顎 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of offense1

First recorded in 1325鈥75; Middle English offence, offense; in part from Middle French offens, from Latin 辞蹿蹿脓苍蝉耻蝉 鈥渃ollision, knock,鈥 equivalent to offend(ere) ( offend ) + -tus suffix of verb action; in part from Middle French offense, ultimately from Latin 辞蹿蹿脓苍蝉补, feminine past participle of offendere
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Idioms and Phrases

see no offense ; take offense .
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Synonym Study

See crime.
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Example Sentences

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The Chargers used the draft to add firepower to an offense that sputtered last season.

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The Bruins have several players wearing the same number on offense and defense.

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Here鈥檚 a breakdown of the Chargers鈥 2025 NFL draft class, which features nine players, five on offense and four on defense.

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The Clippers fell behind 85-65 at the end of the third quarter, their offense struggling and their defense unable to control the Nuggets in the early going of the second half.

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Smigiel had been committed to Florida State until changing his mind following a coaching change involving the offense.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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