entire army

collocation in English

meaningsofentireandarmy

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entire
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪnˈtaɪər/us
/ɪnˈtaɪr/
whole or complete, with ...
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army
noun
uk
/ˈɑː.mi/us
/ˈɑːr.mi/
a particular country's ...
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(Definition ofentireandarmyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Because it would not be fitting for you to begin an enterprise and not complete it, and in theentirearmythere is not food for five days.
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No, but they have got anentirearmyto deal with internal trouble, and it does not seem to be used for any other purpose.
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He said that he objected to the possible existence of anentirearmyof bureaucrats to inspect private building works.
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I ran about more during the filming than in myentirearmylife!
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At that point, theentirearmywould utter a loud battle cry to frighten their enemy.
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If the opposing army is completely surrounded, unable to retreat to nearby allied territory, then theentirearmyis destroyed.
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Waiting too long to commit reserves could cause the first line to collapse and start spreading panic throughout theentirearmy.
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Slocum was convinced he faced only enemy cavalry and artillery, not anentirearmy.
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Rosecrans had been driven back at all points, and night found hisentirearmy, except pickets, inside the redoubts.
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The story ends with theentirearmycaptured by fourteen land ironclads, only one of which has been disabled by the defenders.
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She has been shown to be powerful enough to control, albeit briefly, huge amounts of water, enough to pull anentirearmyout to sea.
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The corporal is furious and tells theentirearmysquads that they should be truthful in their words.
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He was given a ceremonial funeral with theentirearmypresent.
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In order to do this he needed to commit hisentirearmyto a serious attack.
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He found himself outnumbered and his subsequent retreat soon degenerated into the route of hisentirearmy.
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Differing from earlier petitions, this one spoke for theentirearmy, not just the officer corps.
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It was possibly the only time during the war anentirearmywas visibly deployed in one continuous line of battle from flank to flank.
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While this allowed him to maintain communications with hisentirearmy, the single road stacked his army for miles.
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There were rumours of soldiers, or anentirearmydivision, having defected, and joined the protesters; these reports have not been independently verified.
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Each archer had at least one extra horse there was an average five horses per man thus theentirearmycould move with astounding rapidity.
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