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desperation

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
desperation/despəˈreɪʃn/

▶noun a state of despair, especially as resulting in rash or extreme behaviour.

'desperation' also found in these Oxford entries:

clutch - sake - straw - tear

Forum discussions with the word(s) "desperation" in the title:

despair/desperation
desperation is the English way
lives of quiet desperation [Henry David Thoreau]

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