A drastic expedient.
The greatest or utmost point, degree or condition.
Either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion, as 1 and 6 in 1:2=3:6.
Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale.
Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.
Drastic, or of great severity.
Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment.
Excessive, or far beyond the norm.
In the greatest or highest degree; intense.
Able to be neglected, ignored or excluded from consideration; too small or unimportant to be of concern.