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      extreme
      noun
      The greatest or utmost point, degree, or condition.
      Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale.
      A drastic expedient.
      (mathematics) Either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion, as 1 and 6 in 1:2=3:6.
      (obsolete, plural only) One of the last moments of life.
      (obsolete, plural only) Hardships, straits.
      adjective
      In the greatest or highest degree; intense.
      Excessive, or far beyond the norm.
      Drastic, or of great severity.
      Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment.
      Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.
      (archaic) Ultimate, final or last.
      adverb
      (archaic) Extremely.
      Roots
      extremusextrem- · Latin · outermost
      Synonyms for extreme
      ultraadjimmoderateadjsevereadjuttermostadjimmoderacyadjintenseadjutmostadjextremistadjexcessiveadjintemperateadjharshadjdrasticadjextremityninordinateadjviolentadjextremismnradicaladjexorbitancenexcessivenessnextraordinaryadjimmoderationnmaximumadjunusualadj
      Words related to extreme
      extremenessnultimacynoverintenseintensenessnseverestvseverenessnhardcoreadjoverstricthyperninsaneadjfanaticaladjrabidnessnunprecedentedadjbrutaladjmoderateadjseveritynharshnessn

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