"wholly" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- At the same time we are being reassured, amidst many loud calls to initiate a war with Iraq, that the U.S. military commitment is wholly defensive.
- For the next several minutes, the marquess gave ground, parrying thrust after wild thrust, his movements wholly defensive.
- He said, "The mission of our troops is wholly defensive."
- At the same time, though, you said that the - that the deployments are wholly defensive.
- How can the United States insure that the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait will not stand, if the mission of American troops is "wholly defensive," to protect Saudi Arabia?
- The bowling side is subjected to fielding restrictions during an ODI, in order to prevent teams from setting wholly defensive fields.
- Grant was not entirely satisfied with Warren's victory, which he rightly characterized as wholly defensive in nature.
- The forces going into Saudi Arabia, Mr. Bush insisted, are "wholly defensive" and have no mission "to drive the Iraqis out of Kuwait."
- This "wholly defensive" doctrine was quickly abandoned when, on 8 August, Iraq declared Kuwait to be Iraq's 19th province and Saddam named his cousin, Ali Hassan Al-Majid, as its military-governor.
- In response, the United States launched a wholly defensive mission to the Middle East named Operation Desert Shield.
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