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/ˌfʊɫˈskeɪɫ/
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ADJECTIVE
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using all available resources
all-out war
a full-scale campaign against nuclear power plants
How To Use full-scale In A Sentence
- One of the many folk songs constellated around the full-scale Byzantine epic of Dhiyenis Akritas has the hero telling how he passed through ‘the mountains of Araby, the Syrian gorges’ with ‘my four-foot sword, my three-fathom spear’.
- Some find it repugnant, others see them as casualties in an undeclared war that is greatly preferable to the alternative of full-scale conflict. Times, Sunday Times
- This is not a full-scale spending review because of uncertainties about the medium-term economic outlook. Times, Sunday Times
- A full-scale riot was prevented by the timely intervention of the police.
- With the sustained and steady economic growth in China, China's urbanization has stepped into the stage of full-scale acceleration, said Chinese Vice Minister of Construction Qiu Baoxing Tuesday.
- By this time we were well into an election year, with Ronald Reagan beginning to close in on the Republican nomination and Ted Kennedy launching a full-scale challenge for the Democratic nomination. The Good Fight
- To Spilsby this morning, to fetch linctus, lemons and honey for Graham, who has now developed a full-scale summer cough.
- Only customer samples are available now, with full-scale production commencing in Q3, the company admitted.
- This morning I'd allowed my gazing into space to modulate into a full-scale reverie, and I'd lost track completely.
- The police made a full-scale search of the area.