main-force
pertaining to regular military units with standard uniforms and equipment.
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How to use main-force in a sentence
Iraqi Shiites, for the first time, had their chance to be the main force in a unified Iraq.
Here’s What the U.S. Has to Do to Deal With the Mad Middle East | Leslie H. Gelb | July 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe false intelligence led the Germans to believe that the main force would land on the Pas de Calais rather than in Normandy.
Week in Death: The Woman Who Cracked Hitler’s Codes | The Telegraph | November 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBy all accounts, Rafsanjani has been the main force behind the scenes trying to annul the elections.
I see how it is; they come here with the intention of dragging me to the late pasha's mansion, and marrying me by main force.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks | Bracebridge HemyngAs soon as Howe found that the French fleet had sailed, he determined to strike at the main force of the enemy.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William Hunt
It was only by the exertion of main force that she was separated from it and carried to her own apartment.
Ernest Linwood | Caroline Lee HentzTad hitched his belt tighter before making any move to approach the pony, which Stallings was now holding by main force.
The Pony Rider Boys in Texas | Frank Gee PatchinUnknown to him, however, his mother—one of those dear reserves of the army—hastened up to join the main force.
Nurse and Spy in the Union Army | S. Emma E. Edmonds
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