desperate measure desperate measure
Definition(s):
- (n) desperate actions taken as a means to an end
Usage(s):
- If legislative ambulance chasing looks like a desperate measure, for the backers of repealing the estate tax, these are desperate times.
- They're returning to terrorism as a last desperate measure.
- Her predicament made me wonder, once again, what drives people to suicide and why young people resort to such a desperate measure.
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