Synonyms for last-ditch
last-ditch

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1. last-ditchadjective

   of something done as a final recourse (especially to prevent a crisis or disaster)

   "a last-ditch attempt"

   Antonyms:
   proximate

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1. List of paraphrases for "last-ditch":

   last-minute

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1. William Of Orange:

   There is one certain means by which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin-- I will die in the last ditch.

2. Vicente Lim:

   We are born to live a life which is valuable only if we live it unselfishly, not for our own gratification, nor for that of our family - but for our country. Men should not fear death, but dishonor and defeat. There is nothing more beautiful than to live and die for the defense of one's country against a common enemy. There is nothing meaner and more vile than to yield to that enemy without fighting to the last ditch.

3. Irwin Redlener:

   I don't think we're going to see much in terms of impact of the research component here because grants that have already been made won't be affected. But evaluation of new research proposals may be delayed during the shutdown, though I'm not sure how consequential that is, national Institutes of Health also has a very sizable health service for people who have not been successfully treated with conventional modalities and are on research protocols, often as a last ditch effort to be cured -- and that's obviously very meaningful.

4. Jennifer Lawrence and James McAvoy:

   Maybe when people get really tired of superhero movies, they'll do it as one last ditch desperate attempt to kind of milk the cow dry, i think there are so many characters in the X-Men universe that we could go and explore before we have to go and mash up with those guys.

5. John Hannah:

   Instead of reading Erdogan the riot act in a last-ditch effort to warn him off the S-400 deal, The President accepted hook, line and sinker Erdogan's ridiculous claim that it was all President Obama's fault, and that Turkey was somehow justified in alienating NATO and cozying up to( Russian President Vladimir) Putin.