He was driven to the last extremity.
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Extremity
/ɪkˈstɹɛmɪti/
Synonyms for "extremity" (368 found)
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Noun(5 words)
abandonabstractaching heartacmeacutenessagonyagony of mindallanguishanimalityapexapogeearcharmsatrocitybackbalebarbaritybitter endbitterness
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bleeding heartblind alleybloodlustborderborder linebottom dollarboundboundaryboundary conditionboundary lineboundlessnessboundsbournboxbreak boundarybreakoff pointbroken heartbrowbrutalitybuttbutt endcapceilingcircumscriptionclearclear awayclimactericclimaxcloud nineclubfootclutchcompassconfineconvergence of eventscornercrestcrisiscritical juncturecritical pointcrossroadscrowncrucial periodcrunchcrushingcul-de-sacculmenculminationcutoffcutoff point
Strong matches (110)
dead enddead-end streetdeadlinedeadlockdeath agoniesdeath groandeath rattledeath struggledeath throesdeathbeddeathwatchdelimitationdeliverdepressiondepth of miserydesolationdespairdestructivenessdetachdeterminant
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differencedifferentiatedigitdisburdendiscerndiscriminatedisembarrassdisembroildisencumberdisengagedisentangledisinvolvedistinguishdivision linedogdying breathedgeegregiousnessemergencyendenormousnessexaggerationexcessexcessivenessexigencyexorbitanceexorbitancyextravaganceextravagancyextremeextreme limitextremesextremismextremitiesextricatefabulousnessfag endfarthest boundfeetferociousnessfetlockfiercenessfinal extremityfingersfinishfloorfootforceforefootforepawfreefrontierfuriousnessgiantismgigantismgluttonygriefhalthandsharefootharshnessheartacheheavenheavensheavy hearthedgeheelheighthigh noonhigh water markhigh-water markhighest degreehighest pitchhighest pointhingeholehoofhyperbolehypertrophyimmoderacyimmoderatenessimmoderationimpasseimpetuosityinclemencyincontinenceinfelicity
Related words (184)
inhumanityinordinacyinordinanceinordinatenessinstepintemperanceintemperatenessintensityinterfacejumping off placejumping-off placelast agonylast breathlast gasplegsliberatelimbslimenlimitlimitation
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limiting factorlimitslineline of demarcationlow-water marklower limitmalignitymarchmarginmarkmaximummelancholiamelancholymercilessnessmeridianmetemindlessnessmiserymonstrousnessmoribunditymountaintopmurderousnessne plus ultraneednibnimietyno place highernoonnth degreeoutrageousnessoverdevelopmentovergreatnessovergrowthoverindulgenceoverlargenessovermuchovermuchnesspadpasspasternpattepawpeakpedal extremitypedesperipherypespiedpinchpinnaclepitchpitilessnessplightpointpoleprostrationpugpushradicalismreleaserescueresolveridgerigorroughnessrubsadnesssavageryseparateseventh heavenseverseveralizeseveritysharpnessskysolespiresplayfootstalematestandstandstillstartstarting linestarting pointstopstraitstubstumpsuicidal despairsummittagtag endtailtail endtarget datetermterminal dateterminationterminusterrorismthe wholethresholdthroes of deaththuletime allotmenttiptip toptip-toptoetoestoo muchtoo-muchnesstootsytoptrottertrottersturnturning pointultima thuleunconscionablenessunduenessungentlenessungulaunravelunreasonablenessunrestrainednessunscrambleuntangleuntieuntwineupmostupper extremityupper limituppermosturgencyutmostutmost extentuttermostvandalismvehemencevenomvertexvery topviciousnessviolencevirulencewingswoewretchednesszenith
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17 total sentences available.
A bull, stimulated either by the scarlet colour of Miss Ashton's mantle, or by one of those fits of capricious ferocity to which their dispositions are liable, detached himself suddenly from the group which was feeding at the upper extremity of a grassy glade, that seemed to lose itself among the crossing and entangled boughs. The animal approached the intruders on his pasture ground, at first slowly, pawing the ground with his hoof, bellowing from time to time, and tearing up the sand with his horns, as if to lash himself up to rage and violence.
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In an instant he had reached the extremity of the niche, and finding his progress arrested by the rock, stood stupidly bewildered.
Source: tatoeba (10716775)
His childish idea was, in fact, a pushing to the extremity of mathematical precision what is everywhere known as Grimm's Law—an aggrandizement of rough rules to ideal completeness.
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