English to Dutch Meaning of breakneck - halsbrekend

Breakneck :

halsbrekend

adjective

gevaarlijk, riskant, halsbrekend, avontuurlijk

Breakneck :: halsbrekend

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Definitions of breakneck in English

Adjective(1) moving at very high speed

Examples of breakneck in English

(1) In the cobbled backstreets mustachioed old men in tweed jackets and gaiters drive decorated carts at breakneck speeds.(2) Shanghai is now developing at breakneck speed into a more trendy, luxury-loving society.(3) His consciousness leaps backwards and forwards at breakneck speed.(4) Children playing along a Swindon road feared for their lives when Hicks's car came hurtling towards them at breakneck speed.(5) Breathlessly we run faster and faster at a breakneck speed to a destination we neither know nor can ever reach.(6) Meanwhile, every train in every direction was cruising by at breakneck speed, which only added to the frustration.(7) In between, the journey is at breakneck speed on rutted roads through shanty villages or hotel-lined luxury.(8) Continuing her work at breakneck speed, the lady can put to shame any high-flying workaholic.(9) The performers recount their story at breakneck speed, completely devoid of inflection or emotion.(10) As I got closer, they left their temporary hideouts at breakneck speed, both of them diving down the same hole.(11) The impression is of a town reinventing itself at breakneck speed.(12) When you are careering down the motorway at the breakneck speed of forty-five miles per hour, make sure you sit in the middle lane.(13) The fog, though, doesn't slow the vessel down, as it skims across a calm sea at breakneck speed.(14) But as it sped down the highway at a breakneck speed, it advanced towards him.(15) But I do have nagging fears about the flood of major plans for that part of town which seem to be emerging at breakneck speed.(16) The players had been aware that this could pose the biggest test to the top-of-the-table status and came out of the blocks at breakneck speed.

Related Phrases of breakneck

(1) breakneck speed ::

razend tempo

Related Phrases of breakneck

(1) breakneck speed ::

razend tempo

Synonyms

Adjective

1. extremely fast ::

extreem snel

2. rapid ::

snel

3. speedy ::

snel

4. high-speed ::

hoge snelheid

5. lightning ::

bliksem

6. whirlwind ::

wervelwind

Antonyms

1. slow ::

langzaam

Different Forms

breakneck

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