neck-break
/ˈnɛkbreɪk/noun
Scottish. A fall in which the neck is broken; ( figurative ) destruction; downfall. Now rare.
adjective
Chiefly regional. Likely to break the neck; dangerous, hazardous. Compare break-neck. Now rare.
Origin
Mid 17th century (in an earlier sense). From neck + break.
- unsurpassable
- unsurpassably
- unsurpassed
- unsurprised
- unsurprising
- unsurprisingly
- unsurveyed
- unsusceptibility
- unsusceptible
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- unsuspicious
- unsuspiciously
- unsuspiciousness
- unsustainable
- unsustainably
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- unswathe
- unswayed
- unsweetened
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- unswervable