main-force
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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There are an estimated 30,000 "hard hat" or main-force Viet Cong soldiers and some 50,000 local guerrillas and political agents.
From Time Magazine Archive
High-ranking U.S. officers in Saigon point out that main-force enemy units have been driven away from population centers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Westmoreland estimates that the average Viet Cong main-force unit is now 10% North Vietnamese.
From Time Magazine Archive
Altogether, the Communists are believed to have, pulled a quarter to a third of their 120,000 main-force troops out of South Viet Nam into North Viet Nam and the Cambodian and Laotian sanctuaries.
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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