by any means necessary
- whatever it takesAny necessary action
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- desperateDriven by urgent need
- ruthlessLacking any compassion
- determinedFirmly committed to purpose
uncompromising · Malcolm X · revolution · struggle · sacrifice · extreme · drastic · survival · fight · resistance · defiant · radical · unyielding · forceful · urgent · resolve · grit · tenacity
method constraints
by any means necessaryby the book
Following established procedures exactly
within bounds · above board · within the law · ethically · honorably
moral flexibility
by any means necessaryethically
With moral correctness
honorably · scrupulously · virtuously · doing the right thing
urgency and commitment
by any means necessaryhalf-heartedly
With little genuine effort
passively · indifferently · tentatively · conditionally · lukewarmly