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Noun
A turning point
head
climax
crisis
conclusion
culmination
end
acme
boiling point
clutch
conjuncture
Dunkirk
emergency
exigency
extremity
juncture
tinderbox
crossroads
crunch
watershed
defining moment
turning point
moment of truth
pivotal moment
tipping point
breaking point
crisis point
critical juncture
critical moment
critical period
critical point
critical stage
crucial point
crunch time
decisive moment
decisive point
flash point
high noon
pivotal point
watershed moment
zero hour
hour of decision
point of no return
turn of the tide
do or die time
knife-edge
climacteric
landmark
crux
crossing
corner
cusp
nexus
change
crucial moment
impasse
height
stalemate
confrontation
crossroad
standstill
deadlock
pivot
milestone
Rubicon
strait
pass
milepost
shift
peripeteia
development
peak
transition
sink or swim time
coming to a head
hot spot
critical mass
when push comes to shove
crucial occurrence
race against time
rising action
kairotic moment
special event
predicament
pinch
plight
difficulty
dilemma
contingency
hardship
quandary
fix
historic event
pickle
distress
hole
jam
stage
scrape
event
urgency
major event
circumstance
panic stations
mess
catastrophe
calamity
state
condition
disaster
vicissitude
major achievement
tight corner
critical situation
tight spot
squeeze
desperate straits
kairos
dire straits
life event
exigence
hot water
pressure
urgent situation
combination
the Rubicon
decision time
tragedy
seminal moment
loaded moment
spot
rubicon
when it came to it
terminus
threshold
match point
danger
trauma
accident
misadventure
tension
necessity
meltdown
unforeseen circumstances
depression
flashpoint
duress
stress
fateful moment
tight squeeze
charged moment
fated moment
uphill battle
divide
point of decision
deadline
target day
vital moment
jumping-off point
appointed hour
target
the time
start time
D-day
appointed time
A-day
H-hour
moment of decision
memory
turn-up for the books
landmark event
important event
turn of events
achievement
breakthrough
record
occasion
goal
discovery
high point
highlight
situation
earth-shattering event
fateful event
monumental event
earthshaking event
historical event
momentous event
state of affairs
state of things
straits
trouble
bind
perplexity
embarrassment
rigorUS
bewilderment
pretty kettle of fish
a bad situation
a hole
a fix
a jam
rigourUK
bottleneck
a plight
a mess
uphill
fine kettle of fish
deep water
a predicament
a scrape
a tight corner
a sorry condition
pretty
a bind
a difficult situation
“He pointed out that he had never seen such a situation where in the month of July, a crucial period for kharif crops, the rains failed absolutely in Punjab.”
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