main-force
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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When the South Vietnamese have done well against main-force units, American air support has been crucial.
From Time Magazine Archive
Regardless of the enemy's motives, modus operandi, or misinformation, the U.S. high command believes it has the winning combination for the main-force, frontier type of war.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
The young men came in, Mavering with his nervous laugh first, and then Boardman with his twinkling black eyes, and his main-force self-possession.
From April Hopes by Howells, William Dean
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