main-force
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
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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