Ideally, the tank should be drained from underneath and the whole fuel system, from tank to engine, purged of petrol.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
If a gear gets stuck, the wholesystem goes awry.
Positive Parent Power (1991)
It would mess the wholesystem up.
The Sun (2014)
Definition of 'system'
system
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countable noun
A system is a way of working, organizing, or doing something which follows a fixed plan or set of rules. You can use system to refer to an organization or institution that is organized in this way.
Definition of 'whole'
whole
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quantifier
If you refer to the whole of something, you mean all of it.