full-scale
adjective
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a full-scale search and rescue for the victims of the rock slide
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Battles raged between Israeli troops and Hamas militants around Rafah on Wednesday as global leaders clung to hopes that a truce could avert a full-scale invasion of the southern Gaza city, which is sheltering thousands of displaced Palestinians.
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John Bacon, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
The United States paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns that Israel was approaching a decision on launching a full-scale assault on Rafah, in a further widening of divisions between the two close allies.
—Joseph Krauss, TIME, 8 May 2024
They had been recruited before the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, according to the statement, which identified three F.S.B. members — Maxim Mishustin, Dmytro Perlin and Oleksiy Kornev — as running the operation from Moscow.
—Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 7 May 2024
The move comes as the Biden administration is trying to pressure Israel not to launch a full-scale invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza without a credible plan to protect the million civilians seeking refuge there.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 7 May 2024
Or the Middle East could erupt into a full-scale war.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
Boeing had been getting them from a supplier in Russia, but when that country launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and trade restrictions were put in place against Russian goods, Boeing started getting them from British and American suppliers.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 3 May 2024
And while gourmands will have to wait quite a bit longer to try his full-scale restaurant, Prélude is a welcome appetizer.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 2 May 2024
Since the full-scale invasion, airspace over Ukraine is closed.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2024
John Bacon, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
The United States paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns that Israel was approaching a decision on launching a full-scale assault on Rafah, in a further widening of divisions between the two close allies.
—Joseph Krauss, TIME, 8 May 2024
They had been recruited before the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, according to the statement, which identified three F.S.B. members — Maxim Mishustin, Dmytro Perlin and Oleksiy Kornev — as running the operation from Moscow.
—Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 7 May 2024
The move comes as the Biden administration is trying to pressure Israel not to launch a full-scale invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza without a credible plan to protect the million civilians seeking refuge there.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 7 May 2024
Or the Middle East could erupt into a full-scale war.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
Boeing had been getting them from a supplier in Russia, but when that country launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and trade restrictions were put in place against Russian goods, Boeing started getting them from British and American suppliers.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 3 May 2024
And while gourmands will have to wait quite a bit longer to try his full-scale restaurant, Prélude is a welcome appetizer.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 2 May 2024
Since the full-scale invasion, airspace over Ukraine is closed.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2024
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“Full-scale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full-scale. Accessed 11 May. 2024.
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