breakneck
reckless or dangerous, especially because of excessive speed; hazardous: He raced through the streets at breakneck speed.
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How to use breakneck in a sentence
Best Buy is caught up in the breakneck world of technological innovation.
Democrats set out to woo a national network of extremely wealthy donors who could support the new breakneck fundraising pace.
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To maintain its breakneck growth, it almost has to look for younger members.
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It was really a breakneck sort of excursion, which is very rarely made even by the officers, and certainly never by ladies.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferThis coach, of course, traveled by relays, and at what was then considered breakneck speed.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyWith a grin the cabman touched his cap, the door banged, and the hansom set off as if the fare were in a breakneck hurry.
The Weight of the Crown | Fred M. WhiteMounted orderlies were dashing at breakneck speed between the Presidio and the city.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonSara Lee heard his car going at its usual breakneck speed up the street, and went to the door.
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British Dictionary definitions for breakneck
/ (ˈbreɪkˌnɛk) /
(prenominal) (of speed, pace, etc) excessive and dangerous
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