resistance
offensive
offence
offense
drive
war
warfare
reprisal
breakthrough
fight back
foe
unfriendly
hostile
stand-down
antiparamilitary
standdown
counterstrike
front
collaborationism
counterinvasion
besieging
siege
salient
enemy
antiinsurgency
military blockade
beleaguering
pass through
counterattack
break
defence
firing
foeman
countermove
interdiction
defensive measure
infiltrate
defense
opposition
fire
fightback
intelligence
onslaught
deployment
intelligence activity
onrush
onset
attack
intelligence operation
inroad
Quislingism
antimilitancy
antiwarfare
invasionary
hit and run
push back
collaborationist
reconnaissance in force
collaborator
quisling
antidefense
rollback
extended order
archenemy
defend
snake in the grass
antimilitaristic
bushwhack
act of war
sortie
besieger
ambush
incursion
counteroffensive
trip wire
penetration
pushback
archnemesis
go to war
outflank
reply
remilitarization
remilitarisation
go around
armament
counter-opposition
encounter
enemy line
maneuver
manoeuvre
operate
militantness
antiweapon
arming
equipping
manoeuver

English words for 'the military action of resisting the enemy's advance'

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