Meanings
- not comparableUsing every available means.
They were planning to launch an all-out attack against the enemy.
5 more examples
Chapter Six is an all-out defense of pornography
1995, Wendy McElroy, “Preface”, in XXX: A Woman's Right to Pornography, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2007This was a wonderful advert for the Premier League, with both Chelsea and United intent on all-out attack - but Ferguson will be concerned at how his side lost their way after imperiously controlling much of the first period.
2011 March 1, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC SportWith the enhanced insurgent firepower and with Russia steadily raising the number of airstrikes against the government’s opponents, the Syrian conflict is edging closer to an all-out proxy war between the United States and Russia.
2015 October 12, Anne Barnard, Karam Shoumali, “U.S. Weaponry Is Turning Syria Into Proxy War With Russia”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2022Will there be any further restrictions on travel? [...] The Foreign Office has already issued an Exceptional Travel Advisory Notice for British nationals not to undertake any but essential international travel, but an all-out ban from either the British or French governments would leave Eurostar unable to run any of its international services through the Channel Tunnel.
2020 April 8, “Network News: COVID-19: Questions and Answers”, in RAIL, page 11Eventually the NUR overplayed its hands with an all-out strike. And when Peter Parker, the then-chairman of BR, who was well regarded among his staff, called their bluff by threatening to close down the entire network, they caved in.
2022 December 14, Christian Wolmar, “Productivity should play no part in pay negotiations”, in RAIL, number 972, page 46 - not comparableCovering all aspects without exception.
This book is an all-out examination of a very important issue in our community.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveusing all available resources
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 竭盡全力 /竭尽全力, 全面的
- 竭盡全力 /竭尽全力 (jiéjìnquánlì)using every available means
- 全面的 (quánmiàn de)covering all aspects
- 綜合的 /综合的 (zōnghé de)covering all aspects
- 竭盡全力 /竭尽全力 (jiéjìnquánlì)in a manner in which one uses every available means
Finnish täysimittainen, totaalinen
- täysimittainenusing every available means
- totaalinenusing every available means
- kaikenkattavacovering all aspects
- kaikki pelissäin a manner in which one uses every available means
Irish dólámhach
- dólámhachusing every available means
Italian a tutto campo, in piena regola
- a tutto campousing every available means
- in piena regolausing every available means
- in piena regolacovering all aspects
Polish całkowity, kompletny
- całkowityusing every available means
- kompletnyusing every available means
- całkowitycovering all aspects
- kompletnycovering all aspects
- całkowiciein a manner in which one uses every available means
- kompletniein a manner in which one uses every available means
Spanish sin cuartel, de órdago
- sin cuartelusing every available means
- de órdagousing every available means
- totalusing every available means
- holísticocovering all aspects
- comprensivocovering all aspects
- íntegrocovering all aspects
- a rompe y rajain a manner in which one uses every available means
- a topein a manner in which one uses every available means
- a toda lechein a manner in which one uses every available means
- a todo trapoin a manner in which one uses every available means
- a todo vaporin a manner in which one uses every available means
- a todo meterin a manner in which one uses every available means
- a todo trenin a manner in which one uses every available means
Cite this entry
all-out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all-out
“all-out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all-out. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “all-out,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all-out.
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