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en masse

[ahn mas, en, ahn mas]

adverb

  1. in a mass; all together; as a group.

    The people rushed to the gate en masse.



en masse

/ ɑ̃ mas /

adverb

  1. in a group, body, or mass; as a whole; all together

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en masse

  1. A French phrase meaning “in a large body”: “The protesters left en masse for the White House.”

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of en masse1

Borrowed into English from French around 1795–1805
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of en masse1

C19: from French
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Idioms and Phrases

In one group or body; all together. For example, The activists marched en masse to the capitol. This French term, with exactly the same meaning, was adopted into English about 1800.
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It's only during his most recent tours that people have been dressing as him en masse - something he says is "an honour".

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According to a statement from Ukraine's security service, SBU, "enemy strategic bombers are burning en masse in Russia".

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Mr Callaghan said it was "behaviour en masse which is reminiscent of what we had thought we had left behind".

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The present is always understood as an impending catastrophe in which white people will be killed en masse or “utterly submerged,” but there’s no discoverable or recoverable past moment when the fear was absent.

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The influenza division at the CDC lost staff to probationary firings as well as on Valentine's Day when further staff were fired en masse.

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