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extremitynoun a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive actionmade offers of aid to the refugees, and of asylum in extremity boiling point, breaking point, clutch, conjuncture, crisis, crossroad(s), crunch, crunch time, Dunkirk, emergency, exigency, flash point, head, juncture, tinderbox, zero hour contingency, possibilityclimax, turning pointhappening, landmark, milestonecondition, pass, situation, straitdeadlock, impasse, stalematecorner, fix, hole, hot water, jam, last ditch, pinch, predicament, scrape, spoteleventh hour, last minute moment of truth, point of no return the most extreme or advanced pointat its extremity the fever was actually life-threatening depth, height, limit consummation, epitome, quintessence, ultimate in the 14th century |