Definitions for last-ditch

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Spelling: [last-ditch, lahst-]
IPA: /ˈlæstˈdɪttʃ, ˈlɑst-/

Last-Ditch is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 404 anagrams from letters in last-ditch (-acdhilstt).

Definitions for last-ditch

adjective

  1. done finally in desperation to avoid defeat, failure, disaster, etc.:
  2. fought with every resource at one's command:

Origin of last-ditch

First recorded in 1905-10; last1 + ditch

Examples for last-ditch

All those dying, suffering, last-ditch men lying around, and the two worn-out doctors hurrying among 'em—they didn't care.

They were, however, potentially so capable of making things worse that they would not be tried save as last-ditch measures.

He's been the people's Golden Boy, their last-ditch hope for peace.

For women spending upwards of $10,000 in a last-ditch effort to have a baby, such a reduction in chances can be devastating.

The valorous retreat of the French and their last-ditch stand on the Marne compelled admiration.

First, that the regime might use them against rebels or civilians in a last-ditch act of desperation.

Both are last-ditch measures to disrupt a missile engagement, not to prevent tracking.

I knew then that he had already bought forty thousand, and that this was the last-ditch stand.

Her husband, Ethan (Mark Duplass), books them a vacation retreat in a last-ditch effort to repair their relationship.

Put aside the last-ditch defense of the Bush tax rates for the few.

Word Value for last-ditch
Scrable

4

Words with friends

5

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