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countrywide
[kuhn-tree-wahyd]
adjective
extending across or throughout the whole country; nationwide.
a countrywide reaction; a countrywide highway system.
Word History and Origins
Origin of countrywide1
Example Sentences
It's hard to exaggerate the sheer audacity - or ingenuity - that went into Ukraine's countrywide assault on Russia's air force.
Kabila, a former general, was also disparaging about the government's handling of the security situation countrywide, especially the use of pro-government militias as "auxiliaries" of the armed forces.
About 75 people have been arrested in a countrywide crackdown that saw more than 400 health facilities raided over the alleged scam, he said.
The controversy over the concerts coincides with wider calls for a countrywide boycott in Turkey which has been criticised by the government as economic sabotage.
Even if today's agreement were to survive, it is still a long way from the comprehensive countrywide ceasefire the US originally wanted.
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