main-force
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Fewer than half are North Vietnamese troops or Viet Cong main-force fighters, but these "regulars" are at least as numerous as a year ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
During its more than two years of operations, the 9th all but eliminated main-force Viet Cong units, which had previously controlled the area.
From Time Magazine Archive
The heaviest main-force fighting took place in the provinces of Thua Thien and Binh Dinh, several hundred miles northeast of Saigon, where government troops tried to block Communist efforts to push into rice-rich coastal regions.
From Time Magazine Archive
One month after la Drang, a top-level meeting of main-force Viet Cong and North Vietnamese officers convened in a jungle auditorium to assess the results purchased at the cost of over 1,500 of their men.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had spoken low and quietly, but it was a main-force composure, liable to snap like glass.
From Helmet of Navarre by Runkle, Bertha
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