Meaning of death ride | Babel Free

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A course of action, voluntarily entered into by at least the leading participant, which is (or appears) certain or very likely to result in death, failure, or defeat.

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“The Prussian cavalry's death ride successfully scattered the French artillerymen, easing the pressure on the other Prussian formations.”

“Shortly after seven o'clock in the evening, the ship had managed to sort out its course; unfortunately, that course was now heading east, towards the combined British forces, and the darkness and gloom made recognizing targets more of an ambition than an actual reality. This was, of course, the start of the infamous "death ride", buying time for Scheer to extract the High Seas Fleet from another encounter with the Grand Fleet. Over the course of the next half hour, whilst admittedly scoring the only hit on the Grand Fleet itself when one of Seydlitz's guns managed to hit HMS Colossus, Seydlitz herself would be hit no less than six times.”

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