FULL-BORE Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

full-bore

adjective

Definition of full-bore

as in full-scale

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Recent Examples of full-bore The restaurant soft opened Tuesday with the intention to launch full-bore Thursday. — Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026 For families Like everything at The Fife Arms, there’s a full-bore thoughtfulness and creativity to the whimsical family room, with its play kitchens, blackboards, table football and XBox, with knitted red squirrels hidden around the place. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Jan. 2026 And thanks to Nielsen’s upgraded ratings methodology, which includes a full-bore accounting of people who watch live sports in out-of-home venues, the stateside deliveries for next year’s tourney will be bigger than ever before. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Dec. 2025 His decision to put Nine Inch Nails on hold and go full-bore into soundtrack work in the early 2010s expanded his reach. — Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for full-bore

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Russia has used attacks on energy facilities in order to deny Ukrainian civilians power, heat and running water during the war, hoping to wear down public support for Ukraine's response to Moscow's full-scale invasion.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
Amid the flames and destruction, Ryzhenkov says that this period of the war is as tough as anything the company has seen since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than four years ago.

— Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of full-scale

Adjective

The accompanying sound spawned several viral videos — including some featuring bibles, choir robes and full-on Jesus cosplay — among its 5,000 posts.

— Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2026
Inspectors general often conduct informal inquiries into complaints against staffers, and many times those inquiries do not result in a full-on investigation, which can result in disciplinary action up to and including dismissal.

— Matthew Lee, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of full-on

Adjective

Four years after a fragile ceasefire ended widespread conflict in Ethiopia, the region is again slipping back into full-out war.

— Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026
But worries are really about a potential breach of our warship protection and subsequent full-out war.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of full-out

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Audiences may think Redford emerged full-blown as a movie star.

— Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2025
The master of suspense made almost 70 films and TV shows across his staggering, more-than-half-a-century-long career, graduating from black-and-white, silent British potboilers to full-blown, Technicolor Hollywood blockbusters.

— Radhika Seth, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2025

Definition of full-blown

Adjective

That’s why there’s been a proliferation of npm packages that wrap 10 lines of code in a full-fledged package.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
The musical is still a work in progress, Bradford and her co-writers and composer hope to eventually turn the play into a full-fledged production in New York City.

— Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2026

Definition of full-fledged

Adjective

California sought to adopt a price cap law this year as well, though the bill, which faced extensive lobbying from ticket resale platform StubHub, had failed.

— Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026
Explain when your engagement is too extensive, when another type of provider may be a better fit and what responsibilities remain with the client.

— Dennis Kirwan, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of extensive

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And anybody who tries to stop tech acceleration toward this maximal AI eat-the-world universe is threatening the continuation of humanity.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
Not a maximal one, but if being a true pop singer means singing lead on some of the most magical recordings of the 20th century, Love did that.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of maximal

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