Physical limits are hard to bypass... I point out steppers in particular because they are pretty darned reliant on magnetics. As far as I know, if you disassemble any stepper motor and pull the rotor (with magnets) out of the housing, that'll damage the magnets. If you want more info, search for "stepper demagnetization".
This person has a useful picture of torque vs speed vs current for some stepper - notice that torque drops off pretty quickly versus speed - regardless of the current. I think this is pretty typical for steppers.
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