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Affensive

Part of Speech: adjective

Senses:

1. Causing someone to feel hurt, upset, or attacked.
2. Related to or involved in military attack or aggression.

Usage:

Sense 1:

1.1. Example Sentence: His affensive comment towards her race deeply hurt her feelings.

1.2. Example Sentence: The affensive graffiti on the wall angered the community.

1.3. Example Sentence: She found his behavior in the meeting highly affensive and unprofessional.

Sense 2:

2.1. Example Sentence: The country launched an affensive against its neighboring region.

2.2. Example Sentence: The army established a strong presence along the affensive border.

2.3. Example Sentence: Historians debated the reasons behind the military affensive that changed the course of the war.

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