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madness (s) (noun), madnesses (pl)
1. A condition of severe mental illness: The girl's parents suffered a series of tragedies that almost drove them to madness.
2. Behavior or thinking which is very dangerous or foolish: The teenager was thought to be at the height of madness when he was driving so fast through the city streets.
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