Related Words for forlorn hope

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sortie
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Noun, Noun
sally
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Name
commando
x/x
Noun
troop
/
Noun
advance guard
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Phrase, Noun
onslaught
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Noun
ambush
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Noun
raiding party
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
war party
//x
Phrase, Noun
foray
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Noun
rearguard
/x
Noun
storm
/
Noun
reconnaissance in force
x/xxx/
Phrase, Noun
raid
/
Noun
party
/x
Noun
guerrilla
x/x
Noun
spearhead
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Noun
force
/
Noun
salvo
/x
Noun
succour
//
Noun
file
/
Noun
battalion
x/x
Noun
picket
/x
Noun
breakthrough
/x
Noun
strike force
//
Phrase, Noun
brigade
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Noun
alarm
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Noun
war cry
//
Phrase, Noun
fallen
/x
Verb
line of march
///
Name, Name
expedition
xx/x
Noun
patrol
x/
Noun
call to arms
///
Phrase, Noun
incursion
x/x
Noun
infantry
/xx
Noun
front
/
Noun
parade
x/
Noun
retreat
x/
Noun
issue
/x
Noun
army
/x
Noun
draught
/
Noun
squad
/
Noun
arsenal
/xx
Noun
deployment
x/x
Noun
company
/xx
Noun
rearguard action
///x
Phrase, Noun
battle cry
/x/
Phrase, Noun
rallying cry
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
guerrilla warfare
x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
platoon
x/
Noun
coup de main
///
Name, Name
rallying point
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
attack
x/
Noun
battle
/x
Noun
reserve
x/
Noun
onset
/x
Noun
siege
/
Noun
posse comitatus
/xxx/x
Phrase, Noun
council of war
/x//
Phrase, Noun
offensive
x/x
Noun
barrage
x/
Noun
combat
/x
Noun
firing point
/x/
Phrase, Noun
lookout
/x
Noun
regiment
/xx
Noun
brunt
/
Noun
muster
/x
Noun
manhunt
/x
Noun
arming
/x
Noun
alarums and excursions
x/x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
battle line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
firing squad
/x/
Phrase, Noun
forced march
//
Phrase, Noun
target of opportunity
/x/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
legion
/x
Noun
order of battle
/x//x
Phrase, Noun
armament
/xx
Noun
skirmish
/x
Noun
pullout
/x
Noun
war drum
//
Phrase, Noun
drive
/
Noun
pitched battle
//x
Phrase, Noun
rout
/
Noun
detachment
x/x
Noun
slaughter
/x
Noun
crusade
x/
Noun
push
/
Noun
firing line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
fight
/
Noun
alert
x/
Noun
tactic
/x
Noun
attempt
x/
Noun
corps
/
Noun
depredation
xx/x
Noun
escalade
xx/
Noun
maneuver
x/x
Noun
charge
/
Noun
firefight
/x
Noun
tactical
/xx
Adjective
combatant
x/x
Noun
stratagem
/xx
Noun
summons
/x
Noun
conquest
/x
Noun
requisition
xx/x
Noun
gauntlet
/x
Noun
marching orders
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
threat
/
Noun
blitz
/
Noun
list
/
Noun
array
x/
Noun
artillery
x/xx
Noun
blitzkrieg
/x
Noun
invitation
xx/x
Noun
incoming
/xx
Noun
military
/xxx
Noun
wait
/
Verb
levy in mass
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
trench warfare
//x
Phrase, Noun
harassment
x/x
Noun
escapade
/xx
Noun
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
aim
/
Noun, Verb
ancient
/x
Adjective, Noun
anticipate
x/xx
Verb
anticipation
xxx/x
Noun
arid
/x
Adjective
ask
/
Verb, Noun
aspiration
xx/x
Noun
aspire
x/
Verb
assurance
x/x
Noun
at
/
Noun, Adjective
augur
/x
Verb, Noun
avail
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
await
x/
Verb, Noun
barren
/x
Adjective, Noun
basil
/x
Noun, Verb
bear
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
belief
x/
Noun
believe
x/
Verb
bereft
x/
Adjective
better
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
blossom
/x
Noun, Verb
blue
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
bob
/
Name, Verb, Adjective
boldness
/x
Noun
call
/
Verb, Noun
chance
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
charming
/x
Adjective, Noun
comfort
/x
Noun, Verb
compunction
x/x
Noun
confidence
/xx
Noun
consolation
xx/x
Noun
contingent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
corpse
/
Noun, Verb
count
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cumberland
/xx
Name
deferred
x/
Adjective, Noun
dejected
x/x
Adjective
demented
x/x
Adjective
desire
x/x
Noun, Verb
desirous
x/x
Adjective
desolate
/xx
Adjective, Verb
despair
x/
Noun, Verb
desperate
/x
Adjective, Noun
despondent
x/x
Adjective
discipline
/xx
Noun, Verb
disconsolate
xxxx
Adjective, Noun
distraught
x/
Adjective
doubt
/
Noun, Verb
dream
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
elves
/
Adjective
encouragement
x/xx
Noun
expect
x/
Verb
expectancies
x/xx
Noun
expectation
xx/x
Noun
faith
/
Noun, Adverb
famous
/x
Adjective, Verb
fear
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
feeling
/x
Noun, Adjective
fiery
/xx
Adjective
forlornly
x/x
Adverb
forsaken
x/x
Adjective
frantic
/x
Adjective, Noun
friendless
/x
Adjective
future
/x
Noun, Adjective
glory
/x
Noun, Verb
god
/
Name, Verb
godforsaken
/x/x
Adjective
grace
/
Noun, Verb
grove
/
Noun, Verb
handful
/x
Noun
has
/
Noun
he
/
Noun, Adjective
hoop
/
Noun, Verb
hoped
/
Verb
hopeful
/x
Adjective, Noun
hopefully
/xx
Adverb
hopeless
/x
Adjective
hoppe
/
Name
how
/
Adverb, Noun
if
/
Noun
illusion
x/x
Noun
inducement
x/x
Noun
innocent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
intend
x/
Verb
isle
/
Noun
joy
/
Noun, Verb
like
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
linger
/x
Verb, Noun
lonely
/x
Adjective
lonesome
/x
Adjective, Noun
look
/
Verb, Noun
lorn
/
Adjective
lose
/
Verb, Noun
lot
/
Noun, Verb
love
/
Noun, Verb
lovely
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
luck
/
Noun, Verb
magdalen
/xx
Name
margaret
/xx
Name
mel
/
Name
miserable
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
near
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
nearby
//
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
need
/
Verb, Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
omen
/x
Noun, Verb
opportunity
xx/xx
Noun
optimism
/xxx
Noun
paradise
/xx
Noun, Verb
pass
/
Verb, Noun
perspective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
pitiable
/xxx
Adjective
pitiful
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
possibility
xx/xx
Noun
poverty
/xx
Noun
pray
/
Verb, Adverb, Noun
promise
/x
Noun, Verb
prospect
/x
Noun, Verb
reb
/
Name
recollection
xx/x
Noun
regret
x/
Noun, Verb
rely
x/
Verb
reward
x/
Noun, Verb
rhetoric
/xx
Noun, Adjective
richmond
/x
Name
sad
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
scruple
/x
Noun, Verb
secluded
x/x
Adjective
shall
/
Verb
show
/
Verb, Noun
simpson
/x
Name
sing
/
Verb, Noun
solace
/x
Noun, Verb
span
/
Noun, Verb
strange
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
stricken
/x
Adjective
think
/
Verb, Noun
timid
/x
Adjective
tormented
/xx
Adjective
trinity
/xx
Name
trust
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
unattractive
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
unfortunates
x/xx
Noun
urge
/
Noun, Verb
vote
/
Noun, Verb
vow
/
Noun, Verb
want
/
Verb, Noun
wish
/
Verb, Noun
wretched
/x
Adjective