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extremity
Part of speech: NounThe utmost point or degree; remotest part; end.
Usage examples "extremity":- Towards the north it is separated from the mainland by a narrow creek about 200 yards in breadth, and is distant from Arkiko, a small town situated at the western extremity of the bay, about two miles. - "A Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia With Some Account of the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People", Henry Blanc.
- I very well knew that they would form their definite opinion upon me from my conduct in the first perilous extremity we should encounter together. - "Adventures in the Philippine Islands", Paul P. de La Gironière.
- But the Mountain, who then directed the popular movement, imagined that they were too far involved not to push matters to extremity. - "History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814", F. A. M. Miguet.