breakneck
adjective/ˈbreɪknek/
/ˈbreɪknek/
[only before noun]- very fast and dangerous
- to drive at breakneck speed
- We drove to the hospital at breakneck speed.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBreakneck is used with these nouns:- pace
- speed
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