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extremity

[ik-strem-i-tee] / ɪkˈstrɛm ɪ ti /


NOUN
animate being's appendage
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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It all can feel a little heavy-handed, but extremity does suit the story.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026

It reminded me of two similar films that deal in extremity and, on their face, look like inflammatory cinema until picked apart and examined more closely.

From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026

On behalf of Bosh's next of kin, Mark Stewart KC said: "People might wonder and ask why it is that police officers who are armed do not shoot to injure by shooting an extremity."

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026

Bilateral lower extremity venous Doppler ultrasounds were performed and revealed chronic venous insufficiency, a benign and common condition, particularly in individuals over the age of 70.

From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2025

Always before, in any extremity, I had caught the first plane to Mr. Elijah Muhammad.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

Also, your heart rate spikes, your blood pressure soars, the blood vessels in your extremities constrict to keep warm blood near your core and you begin to gasp involuntarily.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

It listed a number of "targeted disabilities": "Hearing, vision, missing extremities, partial paralysis, complete paralysis, epilepsy, severe intellectual disability, psychiatric disability and dwarfism".

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2025

Which is to say that she has always been curious about the extremities of human behavior.

From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2024

These complications include carotid artery calcification, calcification of the abdominal aorta and peripheral vessels in the lower extremities, and small vessel disease in the feet.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2024

I could hardly tell how men and women in extremities of destitution proceeded.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë


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