extreme danger

collocation in English

meaningsofextremeanddanger

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extreme
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈstriːm/
us
/ɪkˈstriːm/
very large in amount ...
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danger
noun
uk
/ˈdeɪn.dʒər/
us
/ˈdeɪn.dʒɚ/
the possibility of harm or death ...
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(Definition ofextremeanddangerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the 1970s and 1980s, many communities did not fully recognize theextremedangerfacing their languages.
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It is, however, calculated to lead men equally violent, and not equally guarded, intoextremedangerof heavy punishment.
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The destining that sends into ordering is therefore theextremedanger.
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It is worth registering as another example of the extreme unreliability and theextremedangerof depending at the present time upon foreign suppliers.
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I am thinking particularly of theextremedangerof bumps in the road where ambulances are concerned.
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They suggest that, in some cases, it can lead toextremedangerto the public as a result of overcrowding.
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This has happened in my own county and there is anextremedangerof it happening again.
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He will encounterextremedangerin rapidly changing circumstances amid conditions of chaos and uncertainty.
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We need to think in terms of stronger political links now for the three countries, which are all inextremedanger.
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He knows that there isextremedangerin terminals from short circuits.
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I should like to make an appeal about a local matter which could be a cause ofextremedanger.
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That is an extreme way of putting it, but it represents the extreme possibility and theextremedanger.
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I want to end by touching very briefly upon an economic and financial point, which seems to me one ofextremedanger.
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We must make a real endeavour to convince people that this is not theextremedangerthey fear it is.
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Vast numbers of people put up withextremedangerand extraordinary discomfort.
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If the public expenditure has exploded in the way in which we believe, the position that the country faces is one ofextremedanger.
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That shows theextremedangerof indulging in partisan argument.
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Is not that exposing the country to theextremedangerof political pressure?
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We are at a moment ofextremedangerin a desperately difficult situation.
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There is anextremedangerof pursuing an argument of this kind too far.
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