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offense
[ uh-fens aw-fens, of-ens ]
noun
- a violation or breaking of a social or moral rule; transgression; sin.
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- a transgression of the law; misdemeanor.
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- a cause of transgression or wrong.
- something that offends or displeases.
- the act of offending or displeasing.
- the feeling of resentful displeasure caused:
to give offense.
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- the act of attacking; attack or assault:
weapons of offense.
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- a person, army, etc., that is attacking.
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- Sports.
- the players or team unit responsible for attacking or scoring in a game.
- the players possessing or controlling the ball, puck, etc., or the aspects or period of a game when this obtains.
- a pattern or style of scoring attack:
single-wing offense; fast-break offense.
- offensive effectiveness; ability to score:
a total breakdown in offense.
- Archaic. injury, harm, or hurt.
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ±ð±ô´Ú-´Ç´Ú·´Ú±ð²Ô²õ±ð noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of offense1
Idioms and Phrases
see no offense ; take offense .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The Dodgers’ offense wouldn’t tack on again, finishing the day with nine more strikeouts.
Brocato was also booked on suspicion of multiple gun offenses, including possession of a loaded unregistered firearm and possession of an assault weapon, the sheriff’s department said.
They begin the final week of their regular season Sunday in Oklahoma City, facing the NBA’s best team, owners of the third-best offense and, by far, the league’s best defense.
Welsh, 36, was sent to Mule Creek from San Bernardino County after being sentenced to 18 years for assault with a firearm and inflicting corporal injury, both second strike offenses.
Police will then investigate and if they believe he did commit the offense, pass a case along to prosecutors, who will decide whether to indict him.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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