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extremitiesnounpl. of extremity a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive actionmade offers of aid to the refugees, and of asylum in extremity boiling points, breaking points, clutches, conjunctures, crises, crossroads, crunches, crunch times, Dunkirks, emergencies, exigencies, flash points, heads, junctures, tinderboxes, zero hours contingencies, possibilitiesclimaxes, turning pointshappenings, landmarks, milestonesconditions, passes, situations, straitsdeadlocks, impasses, stalematescorners, fixes, holes, hot waters, jams, last ditches, pinches, predicaments, scrapes, spotseleventh hours, last minutes moments of truth, points of no return the most extreme or advanced pointat its extremity the fever was actually life-threatening depths, heights, limits consummations, epitomes, quintessences, ultimates |