Forlorn-hope
noun
1.
a perilous or desperate enterprise.
2.
a vain hope.
3.
Obsolete. a group of soldiers assigned to perform some unusually dangerous service.
noun
1.
a hopeless or desperate enterprise
2.
a faint hope
3.
(obsolete) a group of soldiers assigned to an extremely dangerous duty
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