adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an all-out attack (= that is done with a lot of determination )
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General Smith was in favour of an all-out attack on the enemy.
an all-out strike (= in which all the workers have stopped working completely )
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The company faces an all-out strike next month.
an all-out strike British English (= when all the workers in a factory, industry etc strike )
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The dockers voted for an all-out strike.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
assault
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Other bands don't: they eschew the arty deliberations of the underground in favour of an all-out assault upon preconceptions and asinine posturing.
attack
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I remember their leader turning to go and wondering whether that was his signal for an all-out attack .
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Grant launched an all-out attack on these defenses during the gusty,, rainy, and misty dawn of May 12.
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An all-out attack by a junior on a senior at a meeting is usually costly, especially if the junior member wins.
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Shortly thereafter, Odom called back to say the warning indicators had changed to an all-out attack of 2, 200 missiles.
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In response, the country launched an all-out attack on Freetown from Lungi airport on the outskirts of the city.
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Prevention is quiet, but politicians who mount all-out attacks on symptoms generate great publicity.
effort
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His conclusion also was that our next operation must be an all-out effort to destroy the enemy carriers.
war
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The Viet Minh viewed this development with alarm and a declaration for all-out war was issued.
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The decision to wage an all-out war against inflation in a country that is not prone to inflation risks disaster.
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Western diplomats believe the role of the well-armed Yugoslav military will prove pivotal in deciding whether all-out war erupts in Bosnia.
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By now, John was waging what looked to Linda like all-out war .
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Genuine international concern over the possibility of all-out war breaking out was expressed on a number of occasions.
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Practices regularly lasted for more than six hours and were all-out wars .
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From that first introduction it had been all-out war .
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The aggressor must be prepared to deliver on his threat, with more bombs and, if necessary, with all-out war .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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There are fears of an all-out war.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Grant launched an all-out attack on these defenses during the gusty,, rainy, and misty dawn of May 12.
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His conclusion also was that our next operation must be an all-out effort to destroy the enemy carriers.
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Much as she resented her all-out pursuit of Roman, Dana was the sister she had loved all her life.
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That was the time to begin all-out prevention of war.
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The Viet Minh viewed this development with alarm and a declaration for all-out war was issued.
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Union sources thought last night that an all-out strike was unlikely, although various forms of non-co-operation might be considered.
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We need an all-out literacy war in the United States.
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Western diplomats believe the role of the well-armed Yugoslav military will prove pivotal in deciding whether all-out war erupts in Bosnia.