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. Brad Gerstner:

   Yesterday's last-ditch effort – adding just three people to its now 15-person board – is a cynical attempt to preserve power by this entrenched board.

2. 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.

3. 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.

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. Charles Krauthammer:

   Obama promised when he began these negotiations 18 months ago, he had a time limit… This was the last ditch negotiation, the last chance for Iran to come clean, [Obama] said we’re going to do this for six months, then we will reimpose sanctions if Iran hasn’t [made an agreement]… What does he do? He doesn’t impose sanctions. He extends talks.