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View definitions for breakneck

breakneck

adjective as in extremely fast

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"It's a little biting but it's not House of Cards cynical, it has a breakneck pace but it's not 24, the dialogue is sharp but never played for laughs," Zoe Williams writes.

From BBC

While Topshop might not churn out new pieces at the breakneck speed of its online-only rivals, in the past, it's still faced questions over its environmental record.

From BBC

But even the breakneck pace of current litigation is glacial compared with the actions of immigration agents and federalized troops.

The joke seems almost simple, and it’s a credit to the film’s breakneck pace that there’s little time to analyze what makes it so funny before the next punchline.

From Salon

He’s calm and collected, content to spend his lunch break chatting, even though the rehearsal schedule is a breakneck nine days total.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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