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in strength
f. in strength: with a large or highly effective military force, in large numbers.
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1582 J. Yates Castell of Courtesie f. 4v Not twentie thousande Soldiers prest in strength will ought preuaile: This Castle once for to assault or once it to assaile.
1689 R. Cox Hibernia Anglicana: Pt. 1 App. iv. 11 The British and Protestants stand most assured to be devoured by the Irish, if they shall stand in strength.
1818 J. T. Jones Acc. War Spain & Portugal 423 Buonaparte was yet in strength to make face against the united armies of the remainder of Europe.
1877 W. H. Cope Hist. Rifle Brigade xv. 493 Directly the advance was made on the main position, the Ashantees attacked in strength against the left.
1899 Imperial & Asiatic Q. Rev. 7 10 So a lecture was read: the gods went in strength, The ‘official version’ was set forth at length.
1933 H. S. Gullett in J. H. Rose et al. Cambr. Hist. Brit. Empire VII. i. xix. 555 A series of local attacks in strength was decided upon in the northern British sectors.
2010 Private Eye 28 May 31/2 A quick reaction force..from the Coldstream Guards was sent in strength.
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