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extreme
A	noun
	1	extreme
			the furthest or highest degree of something; "he carried it to extremes"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚property ╚magnitude ╚degree; grade; level ╚extreme
	2	extreme point, extreme, extremum
			the point located farthest from the middle of something
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚region; part ╚extremity ╚extreme point, extreme, extremum ╚vertex; peak; apex; acme
B	adjective
	1	extreme
			most distant in any direction; "the extreme edge of town"

	2	extreme, utmost(a), uttermost(a)
			of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity; "extreme cold"; "extreme caution"; "extreme pleasure"; "utmost contempt"; "to the utmost degree"; "in the uttermost distress"

	3	extreme
			far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree; "an extreme example"; "extreme temperatures"; "extreme danger"

	4	extreme
			beyond a norm in views or actions; "an extreme conservative"; "an extreme liberal"; "extreme views on integration"; "extreme opinions"