Crossword clues for en masse
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
French, literally "in mass" (see mass (n.1)).
Wiktionary
adv. in a single body or group; as one; together
WordNet
adv. all together; "the students turned out en masse" [syn: en bloc, as a group]
Usage examples of "en masse".
We decree the levy en masse and, stranger still, we carry it out, at least in many parts of the country, and we keep it up for months: in Vendé.
Ahead of him, three to four abreast, the host moved forward en masse with only a gap every few hundred meters for the tenar of the Kessentai, gliding only a few inches above the odd metal parallel tracks on the tunnel's floor.
The newspapers were full of articles complaining about the failure of American Jews to start emigrating en masse to Israel, now that the Six-Day War had secured the Promised Land as the Jewish State once for all.
Jason had waited until the ferry approached the pier and the passengers started en masse towards the exit ramp in the bow.
After thirty-nine days of air strikes and without adequate food and water, sixteen Iraqi regular army infantry divisions ran or surrendered en masse to coalition ground troops.