last-ditch
Use Last-ditch in a sentence
adjective
1.
done finally in desperation to avoid defeat, failure, disaster, etc.: a last-ditch attempt to avert war.
2.
fought with every resource at one's command: a last-ditch battle for the pennant.
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| last-ditch | |
| —n | |
| (modifier) made or done as a last desperate attempt or effort in the face of opposition | |
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Last-ditch
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Example sentences
His doctors continued to throw one last-ditch treatment after another at him.
Or as a last-ditch effort after trying everything modern medicine has to offer.
But the more serious threat comes from semiautonomous machines over which humans retain nothing more than last-ditch veto power.
Searching may be their last-ditch effort to complete a task.
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