All-out

"All-out" in a Sentence (14 examples)

If there's a world-wide all-out nuclear war it's said that there will be a "nuclear winter" all over the planet for several months.

Tom, the gang leader, announced an all-out war with all the rival gangs.

China could resort to all-out invasion.

China could resort to all-out war.

The altered mosquitoes produce higher than normal levels of the immune system protein, Rel2. That activates a host of anti-parasitic molecules which, in turn, launch an all-out attack on the malaria parasite.

They were planning to launch an all-out attack against the enemy.

Chapter Six is an all-out defense of pornography

This was a wonderful advert for the Premier League, with both Chelsea and United intent on all-out attack - but Ferguson will be concerned at how his side lost their way after imperiously controlling much of the first period.

With the enhanced insurgent firepower and with Russia steadily raising the number of airstrikes against the government’s opponents, the Syrian conflict is edging closer to an all-out proxy war between the United States and Russia.

Will there be any further restrictions on travel? [...] The Foreign Office has already issued an Exceptional Travel Advisory Notice for British nationals not to undertake any but essential international travel, but an all-out ban from either the British or French governments would leave Eurostar unable to run any of its international services through the Channel Tunnel.

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Eventually the NUR overplayed its hands with an all-out strike. And when Peter Parker, the then-chairman of BR, who was well regarded among his staff, called their bluff by threatening to close down the entire network, they caved in.

Pentagon strategists worry about such invasion scenarios, for that’s their job. But Taiwan officials are (rightly, I think) more focused on “gray zone” moves on Taiwan that fall short of war. An all-out invasion of Taiwan by China might well fail — that’s why I’m skeptical that it will happen in the next few years — but gray zone pressures today pose a daily challenge and are likely to grow. And they, too, risk escalation into all-out war that pulls in the United States.

This book is an all-out examination of a very important issue in our community.

The tanks attacked all-out with the infantry.

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