We can take steps to make fossil fuel industries less dangerous while we transition to cleaner energy. The toll of fossil fuels on human health and the environment is well documented. But our dependence on fossil fuels exacts a very high price on the people who extract or process these fuels.
extremism /ÉªkËstriËËmÉªzÉm/ noun. extremism. /ÉªkËstriËËmÉªzÉm/. noun. Learner's definition of EXTREMISM. [noncount] : belief in and support for ideas that are very far from what most people consider correct or reasonable. political extremism.
The extremity of a situation or of someone's behaviour is the degree to which it is severe, unusual, or unacceptable. In spite of the extremity of her seclusion she was sane. [+ of] In the past, the region had been protected by its forbidding geography and the extremities of its climate. [+ of] Only in extremity, when his defences had been reduced by six weeks of bombing, was he ready to leave. More Synonyms of extremity COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary.