in extremis
US /ɪn ɪkˈstrimɪs/
・UK /in ɪkˈstri:mɪs/
C2
adv. phr.In a critical or desperate situation.
The patient was saved in extremis by quick surgery.
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How To Overcome Psychological Barriers
- The purpose of defence mechanisms is to protect us against further damage - to help us to get through to the next stage of existence, to keep us going - in extremis - to save our lives.
The purpose of defence mechanisms is to protect us against further damage - to help us to get through to the next stage of existence, to keep us going - in extremis - to save our lives.
- The purpose of defence mechanisms is to protect us against further damage, to help us to get through to the next stage of existence, to keep us going, in extremis, to save our lives.
The purpose of defence mechanisms is to protect us against further damage, to help us to get through to the next stage of existence, to keep us going, in extremis, to save our lives.
President Obama Meets with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- But I take a very simple approach to this, which is ever since we've been sending letters to each other or making telephone calls to each other or mobile phone calls to each other or indeed contacting each other on the Internet, it has been possible in both our countries, in extremis, in my country, by a signed warrant by the Home Secretary, to potentially listen to a call between two terrorists to stop them in their activity.
But I take a very simple approach to this, which is ever since we've been sending letters to each other or making telephone calls to each other or mobile phone calls to each other or indeed contacting each other on the Internet, it has been possible in both our countries, in extremis, in my country, by a signed warrant by the Home Secretary, to potentially listen to a call between two terrorists to stop them in their activity.
- in extremis -- in my country by a signed warrant
in extremis -- in my country by a signed warrant
Shashank Sinha, M.D. | Evaluation and Management of Cardiogenic Shock in 2025
- I think it's very easy to identify those who are at risk or those who are in extremis and require VA ECMO.
I think it's very easy to identify those who are at risk or those who are in extremis and require VA ECMO.
How Not to Feel Too Bad About Being Single
- In extremis, after too many bad dates and aborted relationships, they will want to kill themselves—because being alone and unchosen confirms that they don't have the right to be.
In extremis, after too many bad dates and aborted relationships, they will want to kill themselves—because being alone and unchosen confirms that they don't have the right to be.
Former RAF helicopter pilot assesses Washington DC plane crash
- Most battlefield helicopters, most military helicopters, have excellent visibility out because you're off unlike a lot of fixed-wing aircraft in the helicopter world, you're often flying very close to the ground within the obstruction layer, so between trees, between underneath electricity pylons in extremis, in bad weather.
Most battlefield helicopters, most military helicopters, have excellent visibility out because you're off unlike a lot of fixed-wing aircraft in the helicopter world, you're often flying very close to the ground within the obstruction layer, so between trees, between underneath electricity pylons in extremis, in bad weather.
The Person Who Wants Love So Much They Never Get It
- It's because of worry that they call their partner ungrateful and, in extremis, threaten to leave them.
It's because of worry that they call their partner ungrateful and, in extremis, threaten to leave them.
PBS News Hour full episode, August 18, 2026
- So I think it's very inappropriate for the president to try to transactionally place South Korea in extremis for their failure to support Iranian operations in Iran.
So I think it's very inappropriate for the president to try to transactionally place South Korea in extremis for their failure to support Iranian operations in Iran.