Desperate Measure (Noun)
Meaning
Desperate actions taken as a means to an end; "he had to resort to desperate measures".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The exhausted hikers had to take desperate measures to start a fire and survive the freezing night.
- Faced with a declining income, the family had to resort to desperate measures to make ends meet.
- The government was forced to implement desperate measures to mitigate the impact of the severe drought.
- Desperate measures were taken by the engineering team to contain the damage caused by the devastating earthquake.
- As the deadline loomed closer, she took desperate measures to finish her thesis on time and avoid an extension.