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despatch |
desperado |
desperate |
desperate criminal |
desperate measure |
desperate straits
| desperately
| desperation
| despicability
| despicable
| despicableness
desperate straits
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun desperate straits has 1 sense
- desperate straits(n = noun.state) dire straits - a state of extreme distress; Array is a kind of pass, strait, straits
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