last full measure
nounDefinitions
A person's life, when lost through death in service to a nation or cause, particularly as…
A person's life, when lost through death in service to a nation or cause, particularly as a member of a military force in war or a semi-militarized organization such as a police force or civil defense corps, e.g. fire departments. May also be applied to some dangerous government and civil occupations such as espionage.
- Near-synonym: martyrdom
- Today we mourn these heroes who gave the last full measure in support of freedom.
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for last full measure. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA