levy en masse
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Committee of Public Safety promulgates levy en masse; heroically daring against foreign foes.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
Why, months ago they had called out by a levy en masse, all who were capable of bearing arms.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 by Various
Fellenberg, who had hastily raised a levy en masse, was proscribed; a price was set upon his head, and he was compelled to fly into Germany.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
These works were constructed by a general corvee or levy en masse, each family being required to provide one able-bodied man, and the whole of the army was also employed on this public undertaking.
From China by Boulger, Demetrius Charles
The streets were a levy en masse of the peerage.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 by Various
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