Meanings
- not comparableSynonym of at all costs.
From an operational nuclear facility, Sellafield turned into a full-time storage depot – but an uncanny, precarious one, filled with toxic nuclear waste that has to be kept contained at any cost.
December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian1 more example
"Though we face an enemy that will not stop until out entire civilization ceases to exist, it's important we not abandon the principles of basic morality. The kett must be defeated, but not at any cost. It won't matter if our future generations can live without fear or death or enslavement, if that freedom was achieved through genocide or other barbaric crimes..."
2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: On the Proper Conduct of War Against the Kett, Task: Laws and CustomsSynonyms: at all costs
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbSynonym of at all costs.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbregardless of the cost involved
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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at any cost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20any%20cost
“at any cost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20any%20cost. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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