extremity

noun

ik-ˈstre-mə-tē How to pronounce extremity (audio)
Definition of extremitynext
1
as in crisis
a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action made offers of aid to the refugees, and of asylum in extremity

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2
as in height
the most extreme or advanced point at its extremity the fever was actually life-threatening

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Recent Examples of extremity According to police, the woman had serious injuries to her face, body and extremities. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026 Dillard’s work, though not exclusively about nature, often focused on the natural world, the cruelty and beauty of both flora and fauna, narrowing in on the extremity of the biological systems surrounding us. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026 And last season’s lower-extremity injury rate was half of the average level that occurred from 2018-22. — John Wawrow, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026 The researchers think that the extremity of this shrinking has gone unnoticed previously because bombardment from space rocks over time has created craters that obscured the evidence of this process. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for extremity
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  1. crisis
  2. height
  3. head
  4. depth
  5. limit
Noun
  • Advertisement The protests are also occurring amid a wider crisis of political confidence in the country.
    — Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The agency, created in 1974 in the wake of the Arab oil embargo, is tasked with maintaining energy security by deploying oil stockpiles in response to crises like the wars in the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of crisis
Noun
  • The performance of total transparency could reach comical heights.
    — Alex Barasch, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Construction also has already begun on a second pad, LC-36B, for an even larger version of New Glenn, and with it a new vertical integration facility that can handle the new rockets’ heights.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of height
Noun
  • Now, in yet another blow to national self-esteem, the ex-head of Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, the BND, has been arrested on charges of exploiting state secrets.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Instead of exchanging the entire print head, the K3 swaps a smaller assembly containing the nozzle, hotend and filament path.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of head
Noun
  • For one game, against the Chargers on Sunday at Arrowhead, the Chiefs dug into their depth chart and got significant contributions from the next men up in a 22-6 victory.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The earthquake's epicenter was about 1 mile south-southwest of San Ramon and occurred at a depth of 4 miles.
    — CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of depth
Noun
  • Several bills have been introduced to give cities direct authority to limit AV fleet sizes, restrict operating hours, or enact local permit bans within municipal limits.
    — Andrew Hawkins, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Anthropic wants Congress to set strict limits on when federal authorities can stop advanced AI models from reaching users.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
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“Extremity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extremity. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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