DESPERATE MEASURE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Desperate actions taken as a means to an end

Example:

he had to resort to desperate measures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("desperate measure" is a kind of...):

agency; means; way (thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end)

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