From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfull-scaleˌfull-ˈscale adjective [only before noun] 1 COMPLETEas complete or thorough as possiblefull-scale attack/war/riot etcfull-scale study/review etc The government will conduct a full-scale inquiry into the crash.2 PICTUREa full-scale drawing, model etc is the same size as the thing it represents SYN life-size
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full-scale• They had even absorbed and beaten off a full-scale attack on their street distribution structure by a powerful enemy.• A week later there arrived a check sufficient to launch a full-scale book donation program in Czechoslovakia.• The country is on the brink of full-scale civil war.• Marillion are now looking like the full-scale international merchants of pomp they've always aimed at being.• Its inquiry could be followed by a full-scale Monopolies and Mergers Commission probe.• Flexibility is the keynote and is a feature often recommended in pilot studies preliminary to a full-scale study.• It was the tail end of the season and there was no time for a full-scale tour.• This time the fighting escalated into full-scale war.full-scale attack/war/riot etc• As minister of defence, he has instructed the army to step up training and preparations for the contingency of full-scale war.• This time the fighting escalated into full-scale war.• Before anyone knows what's happening, a full-scale war has developed.• But the glimmering of understanding they now have is perhaps the one thing that makes another full-scale war less likely.• This probably sounds like a run-up to a full-scale attack on Oxford and academic knowledge.• But it was 6 September before all the Allied left-wing armies could turn about and launch a full-scale attack on the invaders.• They had even absorbed and beaten off a full-scale attack on their street distribution structure by a powerful enemy. 