Definition of "breakneck" []

• Dangerously fast: a breakneck pace. (adjective)
• Likely to cause an accident: a breakneck curve. (adjective)

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• "The desire to pass such a huge plan of enormous financial proportions in breakneck time is both arrogant and dangerous."
• "The Warriors closed to 38-27 after one quarter and 73-64 at halftime as the teams raced up and down the court in breakneck fashion."
• "Combining a fascinating world with a population of interesting characters and a pace best described as breakneck, culminating with nail-biting action and a surprising denouement, the first novel in the Clockwork Century grabs your attention and refuses to let go."