en bloc

Examples

• All

• The bulk of the mass was removed en bloc.

  Academic text (2008)

• Next, I dissected the tissue around the ring and placed it en bloc in formalin.

  Fiction book (1994)

• These scissors are used to excise approximately 90% of the tonsillar mass en bloc.

  Academic text (2004)

• What's done is that the head of the pancreas and duodenum are removed en bloc (mainly because their close proximity to each other and their shared blood supply make it virtually impossible to remove the pancreatic head alone).

  Blog text (29)

• BTW, one claim is that the crash was halted by JP Morgan breaking the liquidity trap by pledging vast amounts of money en bloc with other wealthy bankers.

  Blog text (11)

• The students voted en bloc in favor of the new school regulations.

• The committee decided to approve all the proposals en bloc to streamline the process.

• During the meeting, the shareholders raised their concerns en bloc regarding the company's future direction.

Synonyms

T

together

vsen bloc

∞ 1.0

With other people to do something as a group

implies unity in action rather than being a single undivided unit

A

all together

vsen bloc

100 1.0

With everyone at the same time

denotes unity at the same time or place rather than indivisible grouping

C

collectively

vsen bloc

91 3.6

All act together as a group

stresses acting or being one unit without splitting parts

A

as a group

vsen bloc

72 2.3

Together, all people act or decide as one

is about grouping without dividing into individual parts

E

en masse

vsen bloc

24 5.6

All people in a group do the same thing at the same time

focuses on treating them as one undivided unit rather than separately

Antonyms

S

separately

148 2.1

Each person does it alone rather than together

I

individually

136 2.5

Happening one at a time and not with others

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology