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en bloc

American  
[ahn blawk, en blok] / ɑ̃ ˈblɔk, ɛn ˈblɒk /

adverb

French.
  1. as a whole.


en bloc British  
/ ɑ̃ blɔk /

adverb

  1. in a lump or block; as a body or whole; all together

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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When there are, they’re removed en bloc, field-jacketed in plaster and taken back to the museum for definitive uncovering.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2017

“In a piecemeal way we’ve been doing that for years, but now we can take it en bloc and I don’t mind telling you we’re rather excited.”

From The New Yorker • Aug. 26, 2015

The en bloc type, they can last hours.

From Salon • Jun. 21, 2015

Then there are en bloc blackouts, in which memory is totally disabled.

From The Guardian • Jun. 13, 2015

From 1858 to 1862 chief commissioner of crown lands in the Cartier-Macdonald government; amongst some of his important measures was the system of selling townships en bloc, and the opening up and improvement of roads.

From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various

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