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ex·treme / ikˈstrēm/ • adj. 1. reaching a high or the highest degree; very great: extreme cold. ∎  not usual; exceptional: in extreme cases the soldier may be discharged. ∎  very severe or serious: expulsion is an extreme sanction. ∎  (of a person or their opinions) advocating severe or drastic measures; far from moderate, esp. politically: their more extreme socialist supporters. ∎  denoting or relating to a sport performed in a hazardous environment and involving great physical risk, such as parachuting or white-water rafting.2. furthest from the center or a given point; outermost: the extreme northwest of Scotland.• n. either of two abstract things that are as different from each other as possible. ∎  the highest degree of something: extremes of temperature. ∎  a very severe or serious act: he was unwilling to go to the extreme of civil war.DERIVATIVES: ex·treme·ly adv. ex·treme·ness n.

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