último recurso

m.

last resort, last resource, last refuge, desperate remedy.

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(n.) = fall-back [fallback], last resort, last ditch

Ex. The program has been enhanced to provide system security and the various levels of fall-back operation in the event of system failure.

Ex. National libraries adopting this pattern are sometimes referred to as libraries of last resort.

Ex. With his back against the wall, he might judge that he had little choice but to use his weapons of mass destruction in a last-ditch attempt to save his country.

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(n.) = fall-back [fallback], last resort, last ditch

Ex: The program has been enhanced to provide system security and the various levels of fall-back operation in the event of system failure.

Ex: National libraries adopting this pattern are sometimes referred to as libraries of last resort.

Ex: With his back against the wall, he might judge that he had little choice but to use his weapons of mass destruction in a last-ditch attempt to save his country.