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▪ No, the decision is imposed on the man at the points, so in extremis numbers of lives saved must count.
▪ The President was in extremis, trying to figure out what was going on.
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Extremis

Extremis is a six-issue story arc from the comic book series Iron Man (vol. 4), published in issues one through six in 2005 and 2006 by Marvel Comics. It was written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Adi Granov. Extremis redefines the status quo for Iron Man, increasing the power of his armor significantly.

Extremis received mostly positive reviews, and is often listed as one of the best Iron Man stories. Elements of Extremis were adapted for the 2008 film Iron Man, and the Iron Man: Armored Adventures episode Extremis, and the storyline serves as the primary source material for the 2013 film Iron Man 3.

Usage examples of "extremis".

An hour after he came back and said he had found them all in tears and that the girl was in extremis.

He had seen her once one might say in extremis, one night unclothed, now face to face across a truckle bed.

Better, they finally say after I have thrown up my hands, to ignore them - or in extremis hire a sharp Mexican abogado who knows the ropes.

Rekha complained like crazy, she gave him hell, she bawled him out and cursed him for a useless lafanga and haramzada and salah and even, in extremis, for being guilty of the impossible feat of fucking the sister he did not have.

Should we begin Extremis Progressiva, Sharing among ourselves as far as possible?

All concentrated in what the Sisterhood called Extremis Progressiva, two by two then four by four and sixteen by sixteen, until each held all of them and any survivor could preserve the precious accumulation.

Death was almost on her, and her eyes—which had witnessed so many strangenesses in their time, but had always been wedded to the real—were now in extremis, wise to subtle presences.