: the last extremity however painful or calamitous
: the inboard end of a ship's anchoring cable
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May 22, CBS News, 22 May 2025
South Korea’s juggernaut series Squid Game, about a series of fatal games where desperate people are forced to fight until the bitter end until only one remains, is back for its third and final installment, just a few months after season 2 hit the streamer.
—Lucy Ford, Time, 19 May 2025
Huge shout out to Zhu for introducing me to whisky and carrying my dumb a– till the bitter end.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 21 Apr. 2025
In general, the poem makes a point to emphasize resilience in the face of adversity, which proves that McVeigh considered his cause right until the bitter end and saw himself as a martyr.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 18 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The blood libels against the Jewish state cost in blood — and must be fought to the bitter end.
—May 22, CBS News, 22 May 2025
South Korea’s juggernaut series Squid Game, about a series of fatal games where desperate people are forced to fight until the bitter end until only one remains, is back for its third and final installment, just a few months after season 2 hit the streamer.
—Lucy Ford, Time, 19 May 2025
Huge shout out to Zhu for introducing me to whisky and carrying my dumb a– till the bitter end.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 21 Apr. 2025
In general, the poem makes a point to emphasize resilience in the face of adversity, which proves that McVeigh considered his cause right until the bitter end and saw himself as a martyr.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 18 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bitter end
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“Bitter end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bitter%20end. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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