I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ all-out , full-scale , large-scale , major , massive
▪
In 1941, Hitler launched an all-out ~ against the Soviet Union.
▪ military
▪
a military ~ against the insurgents
▪ guerrilla , terrorist
▪ air , bombing
▪ ground
▪ diplomatic , government , propaganda
▪ charm ( figurative )
▪
The politician has launched a charm ~ in an attempt to clean up his image.
VERB + OFFENSIVE
▪ launch , mount
▪ plan
▪ be on , go on , take
▪
She took the ~, challenging her critics to prove their allegations.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ against
▪
The government is launching an all-out ~ against the drug cartels
II.
adj.
VERBS
▪ be , seem
▪ become
▪ consider sth , deem sth , find sth , think sth
▪
He's always making rude remarks about women. I find that deeply ~.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ deeply , downright , grossly , highly
▪ potentially
▪ deliberately
▪ patently ( AmE , law )
▪
The material is patently ~ as measured by the standards for the broadcast medium.
▪ morally
▪ racially
PREPOSITION
▪ to
▪
This sort of attitude is very ~ to women.
Offensive is used with these nouns: ↑ capability , ↑ foul , ↑ graffiti , ↑ language , ↑ line , ↑ manoeuvre , ↑ odour , ↑ operation , ↑ play , ↑ player , ↑ remark , ↑ smell , ↑ strategy , ↑ tackle , ↑ touchdown , ↑ weapon