extremity

(ĭk-strĕm'ĭ-tē)
n., pl., -ties.

1. The outermost or farthest point or portion.
2. The greatest or utmost degree: the extremity of despair.
3. 1. Grave danger, necessity, or distress.
   2. A moment at which death or ruin is imminent.
4. An extreme or severe measure.
5. 1. A bodily limb or appendage.
   2. A hand or foot.

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noun

A highly volatile dangerous situation requiring immediate remedial action: crisis, emergency, flash point. See politics, safety/danger.

n

Definition: appendage
Antonyms: trunk

n

Definition: limit
Antonyms: middle, minimum

The distal part of the body or of a limb.

1. the distal or terminal portion of elongated or pointed structures.
2. the limb, tail, ear.

n

An arm or a leg; the arm may be identified as an upper extremity, and the leg as a lower extremity.

For a list of words related to extremity, see:

• Limbs and Extremities - extremity: limb, esp. hand or foot
• Fixed Positions and Points - extremity: farthest point

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - yderste ende, ekstremiteter, yderste nød, yderligheder

Nederlands (Dutch)
handen en voeten, uiteinde, uiterste, ledemaat, uiterste nood, moment van dreigende vernietiging, extreme graad, extreme actie

Français (French)
n. - extrémité, extrémités (mains et pieds), bout/point le plus éloigné, extrême/dernier degré

Deutsch (German)
n. - äußerstes Ende, Gliedmaßen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - άκρη, άκρο, ακραίο σημείο, ακρότητα, δυστυχία, έσχατη ανάγκη, (πληθ.) (ανατ.) τα άκρα/μέλη του σώματος

Italiano (Italian)
estremità, estremo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - extremidade (f), limite (m)

Русский (Russian)
конец, край, конечность, безвыходное положение, суровые меры, крайняя степень

Español (Spanish)
n. - extremidades, cabo, extremidad, punta, extremo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - yttersta punkt, extremitet, högsta grad, ytterlighet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
极端, 困境, 极点

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 極端, 困境, 極點

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 말단, 난국, 과격한 행동, 손발, 임종

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 端, 末端, 極み, 極端, 窮地, 手足, 非常手段, 極端な行動

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خطر عظيم, قدم, يد, طرف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קיצוניות, מצב חמור, מעשים חמורים, גפיים, נקודת הקצה‬

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