Meaning of in extremis | Babel Free

Definitions

1. At the point of death.
2. In desperate circumstances.
   broadly

Equivalents

Examples

“Military records describing the deaths of men as a result⟳ of injuries sustained during combat employed the phrase in a (now near-obsolete) sense⟳ to describe⟳ a man on the verge of dying: […] 'He was in extremis when seen and died about 2 hours after the action ceased at 9 pm'.”

“The purpose, of course, was to find⟳ out if the prisoner, in extremis, broke down and wrote to a family in Israel.”

“This book sets out to look⟳ at what we have⟳ termed 'social work⟳ in extremis'. It is an attempt⟳ to bring⟳ together a number⟳ of case studies that look⟳ at social work⟳ responses in 'extreme' or crisis situations.”

“There was a reason⟳ we would call⟳ up the Reserves only in extremis.”

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