ultimatum
noun
a final, uncompromising demand or set of terms issued by a party to a dispute, the rejection of which may lead to a severance of relations or to the use of force.
ultimata
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pluralof ultimatum.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They also started wider European hostilities by sending ultimata to Russia and France, and by declaring war when those ultimata were rejected - indeed fabricating a pretext that French aircraft had bombed Nuremberg.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2014
Cried Wagner later, still angry over the deadline demand: "They don't give me ultimata!"
From Time Magazine Archive
The ultimata were immediately communicated to Premier Michalakopoulos and, after a Cabinet Council, the Government presented its collective resignation to the Provisional President.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of course they have the instructions of the President, with his ultimata, etc., but they will strive earnestly for peace.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones
When, however, the demands are not made in this way for the sake of impressing the tribunal, but are known to be genuine ultimata, the case is quite different.
From Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy by John Bates Clark
