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adj. VERBS appear, be, seem | become | consider sth, deem sth, find sth, think sth He's always making rude remarks about women. I find that deeply offensive. ADV. deeply, downright, extremely, grossly, highly, very | quite, rather | deliberately PREP. to This sort of attitude is very offensive to black people., noun ADJ. all-out, full-scale, major | army, guerrilla, military, terrorist | air, bombing | ground | diplomatic, government VERB + OFFENSIVE launch, mount | be on, go on, take She took the offensive, challenging her critics to prove their allegations. PREP. ~ against The government is launching an all-out offensive against the drug cartels
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