main-force
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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During its more than two years of operations, the 9th all but eliminated main-force Viet Cong units, which had previously controlled the area.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the South Vietnamese have done well against main-force units, American air support has been crucial.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is no evidence that main-force Vietnamese units are still deployed in the country, but hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese, perhaps more than a million, are now there as traders, artisans, fishermen.
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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