forlorn hope /fər-lörnˈ hōp/

1. Orig, a body of soldiers selected for some service of especial danger
2. A desperate enterprise of last resort
3. A vain or faint hope (from association with hope, in the sense of expectation)

• -stat
• stat
• stat.
• statable
• statal
• statant
• state
• state-aided
• state bank
• state banks
• state cabin
• state cabins
• state capitalism
• statecraft
• statecrafts
• stated
• State Department
• State Departments
• statedly
• State Enrolled Nurse
• statehood
• statehoods
• state house
• state houses
• stateless