adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a full-scale attack (= that uses all the available soldiers and weapons )
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German troops launched a full-scale attack on the city.
a full-scale riot (= a serious riot, not only a little fighting )
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The disturbance escalated into a full-scale riot.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
attack
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They had even absorbed and beaten off a full-scale attack on their street distribution structure by a powerful enemy.
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This probably sounds like a run-up to a full-scale attack on Oxford and academic knowledge.
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But it was 6 September before all the Allied left-wing armies could turn about and launch a full-scale attack on the invaders.
war
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As minister of defence, he has instructed the army to step up training and preparations for the contingency of full-scale war .
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This time the fighting escalated into full-scale war .
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But the glimmering of understanding they now have is perhaps the one thing that makes another full-scale war less likely.
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Before anyone knows what's happening, a full-scale war has developed.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The country is on the brink of full-scale civil war.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A week later there arrived a check sufficient to launch a full-scale book donation program in Czechoslovakia.
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Flexibility is the keynote and is a feature often recommended in pilot studies preliminary to a full-scale study.
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It was the tail end of the season and there was no time for a full-scale tour.
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Its inquiry could be followed by a full-scale Monopolies and Mergers Commission probe.
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Marillion are now looking like the full-scale international merchants of pomp they've always aimed at being.
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They had even absorbed and beaten off a full-scale attack on their street distribution structure by a powerful enemy.
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This time the fighting escalated into full-scale war.