desperate resistance
noun phraseUK /ˈdes.pər.ət rɪˈzɪs.təns/
US /ˈdes.pɚ.ət rɪˈzɪs.təns/
A very strong fight back when someone feels they have no other choice.
The trapped soldiers put up a desperate resistance before finally surrendering.
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2. A final, hopeless attempt to stop something from happening.
The villagers offered desperate resistance against the rising floodwaters.
3. A strong refusal to accept a change or a new ruler, made with little hope of success.
The old regime's desperate resistance to reform only delayed the inevitable.
4. In biology, a nearly futile attempt by an organism to fight off a disease or drug.
Doctors warned that the bacteria's desperate resistance to the antibiotic would soon fade.