all-out

adjective

using all available resources (Freq. 2)

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all-out war

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a full-scale campaign against nuclear power plants

• Syn: ↑full-scale

• Similar to: ↑complete

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all-out «L OWT», adjective, adverb. Informal.

–adj.

greatest possible; complete: »

He made an all-out effort to get on the team.

–adv.

to the utmost extent or degree: »

to go all-out to win. We found we had to row all-out to keep up with the…flyers (Atlantic).

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/ˈɑːlˈaʊt/ adj, always used before a noun

1 : made or done with as much effort as possible

an all-out attack/assault on poverty = an all-out effort to eliminate poverty

— see also go all out at ↑go, 1

2 : fully developed

an all-out [=full-blown] war

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ˌall-ˈout [all out all-out] adjective only before noun

using or involving every possible effort and done in a very determined way

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all-out war

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an all-out attack on the opposition

Derived Word: ↑all out