A ~ action, such as an attack or cut, is very great or severe. (BRIT mainly JOURNALISM)
...the book mounted a ~ attack on the materialist, growth-oriented economics of the day...
ADJ: ADJ n
A ~ action, such as an attack or cut, is very great or severe. (BRIT mainly JOURNALISM)
...the book mounted a ~ attack on the materialist, growth-oriented economics of the day...
ADJ: ADJ n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012