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The most remote
utmost, final, ultimate, farthest; see last 1.
Going beyond moderation and reason
radical, intemperate, immoderate, imprudent, excessive, inordinate, immeasurable, profuse, extravagant, exorbitant, overkill, flagrant, outrageous, unreasonable, irrational, improper, unconventional, fabulous, preposterous, abysmal, greatest, thorough, far, gross, out of proportion, absolute, ultra, extremist, fanatical, rabid, overzealous, desperate, severe, intense, strict, drastic, sheer, total, advanced, violent, sharp, acute, beyond control, fantastic, to the extreme, nonsensical, unqualified, absurd, monstrous, unmitigated, hyperbolic, exaggerated, big*, almighty*, super*, stiff*, steep*, gonzo*, out of bounds*, at its height*, beyond the pale*, way-out*, far-out*, to the max*.
Antonyms cautious, restrained*, moderate.

noun

height, apogee, utmost, maximum; see climax, limit 2.

go to extremes

be excessive, be immoderate, go to great lengths, go overboard*; see overdo 1.

in the extreme

extremely, to the highest degree, inordinately, to the utmost; see much 2, very.

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