as in rapid
moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed
the breakneck production of naval vessels during World War II
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Recent Examples of breakneck
Some may be duplicates, but regardless, twisters have been swarming the South at breakneck pace.
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Matthew Cappucci, Ben Brasch and Scott Dance,
Anchorage Daily News,
25 Jan. 2023
But what the Warriors do is play at a breakneck pace.
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Michael Arinze,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Jan. 2023
The suspenseful ‘Missing’ plows through nearly two hours of shocking plot twists at a breakneck pace.
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Mark Olsenstaff Writer,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2023
However, their days of breakneck growth and extraordinary profitability are over, now a part of history along with China’s whole go-go consumer tech era.
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Zennon Kapron,
Forbes,
10 Nov. 2022
See All Example Sentences for breakneck
Matthew Cappucci, Ben Brasch and Scott Dance,
Anchorage Daily News,
25 Jan. 2023
But what the Warriors do is play at a breakneck pace.
—
Michael Arinze,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Jan. 2023
The suspenseful ‘Missing’ plows through nearly two hours of shocking plot twists at a breakneck pace.
—
Mark Olsenstaff Writer,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2023
However, their days of breakneck growth and extraordinary profitability are over, now a part of history along with China’s whole go-go consumer tech era.
—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes,
10 Nov. 2022
See All Example Sentences for breakneck
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breakneck
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Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
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Improvements in blood tests, meanwhile, dovetail with rapid developments in treatments for various cancers, making the disease ever more survivable or even curable.
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The 10 tracks of Ton Up are at once his briskest and heaviest yet, miniaturizing his trademark loops of Dillafied psychedelia into speaker-rattling sample snippets that bombard uptempo house beats in dizzying volleys.
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And yes, back to where the story began, on a brisk night on a huge stage in downtown Detroit.
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As his health faded in the last year of his life, Neruda rushed to finish his story, which gives the last chapters of his book a galloping, fragmented quality.
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Designed by renowned architect Dominique Perrault, its four stories tilting forward are said to evoke a galloping horse.
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Temperatures inside of cars can reach 125 degrees in minutes, even with windows cracked, and children overheat as much as five times faster than adults, the fact sheet said.
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From dream home to disaster But faster than a rushing river, that dream became a nightmare when disastrous flooding hit Kerr County last summer.
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Either way, Aestura’s Atobarrier 365 Ceramide Cream Mist is an easy way to give quick hydration to dry, stressed skin, thanks to an ultrafine spray packed with ceramides.
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“Breakneck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breakneck. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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