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Noun
▲
A serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action
crisis
extremity
exigency
accident
danger
difficulty
disaster
plight
predicament
scrape
calamity
catastrophe
quandary
crunch
fix
mess
necessity
pinch
clutch
conjuncture
crossroads
dilemma
Dunkirk
head
hole
jam
juncture
pickle
strait
tinderbox
spot
tight corner
tight spot
urgent situation
boiling point
breaking point
climax
compulsion
crossroad
crunch time
depression
desperate straits
dire straits
distress
flash point
impasse
meltdown
misadventure
pass
pressure
push
squeeze
tension
tragedy
trauma
unforeseen circumstances
urgency
vicissitude
zero hour
critical situation
hot water
panic stations
turning point
more ❯
“Between the hours of 9am and 6 pm these appliances will not be crewed unless a dire emergency arises.”
Noun
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The department of a hospital that treats emergencies
casualty
emerg
ER
critical care facility
emergency clinic
emergency ward
triage room
emergency department
trauma centerUS
trauma centreUK
medical crisis unit
ICU
intensive care unit
emergency room
ward
accident and emergency
intensive care
unit
intensive treatment unit
ITU
area
cubicle
room
compartment
department
“The patient was in a critical condition and was rushed to emergency.”
Noun
▲
An event or discovery representing an important stage or juncture
turning point
crisis
crossroads
climax
watershed
landmark
juncture
exigency
climacteric
corner
milestone
crux
culmination
crossing
strait
pass
milepost
cusp
change
nexus
development
peak
peripeteia
shift
transition
moment of truth
zero hour
crunch time
decisive moment
defining moment
critical point
critical moment
crucial moment
pivotal moment
high noon
critical period
point of no return
crucial period
turn of the tide
kairotic moment
when push comes to shove
critical mass
crucial occurrence
race against time
rising action
more ❯
Noun
▲
A future event or circumstance which is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty
contingency
possibility
event
eventuality
chance
uncertainty
case
contingence
contingent
occurrence
fortuity
likelihood
odds
probability
chance event
accident
predicament
risk
prospect
potential
potentiality
capability
happenstance
hazard
happenchance
danger
hope
fear
liability
fluke
advent
fifty-fifty
situation
condition
circumstance
position
state
conditions
plight
circumstances
scenario
score
context
facts
picture
standing
environment
scene
setting
background
status
deal
footing
climate
setup
dilemma
story
character
development
quandary
scoop
station
affairs
state of play
state of affairs
set-up
lie of the land
what's going on
what's what
how it goes
set of circumstances
ball game
way things are
how things stack up
status quo
where it's at
kettle of fish
how things are
lay of the land
way things shape up
how things stand
Noun
▲
The act of imperiling, or the state of being imperiled
imperilment
peril
risk
danger
jeopardy
endangerment
trouble
hazard
menace
threat
pitfall
distress
insecurity
precariousness
uncertainty
instability
vulnerability
exposure
exigency
venture
crisis
slipperiness
dynamite
clouds
possibility
precipice
probability
storm
harm's way
double trouble
hot potato
risky business
thin ice
more ❯
Noun
▲
Urgent matter
matter of life and death
case of emergency
case of need
exigency
grave affair
matter of necessity
necessitude
urgency
vitalness
Noun
▲
A mistake arising from or resulting in confusion
muddle
mistake
error
blunder
bungle
complication
dilemma
fault
gaffe
miscalculation
misstep
oversight
slip
stumble
aberration
clanger
difficulty
flaw
flub
gaff
goof
hash
lapse
misunderstanding
quandary
trouble
upheaval
commotion
complexity
encumbrance
fail
fluff
howler
intricacy
screwup
slipup
snafu
snarl
struggle
awkwardness
involvement
foul-up
mix-up
slip-up
balls-up
false move
false step
faux pas
screw-up
boo-boo
car crash
human error
more ❯
Noun
▲
Great haste
hurry
haste
rush
bustle
commotion
flurry
quickness
speed
urgency
celerity
swiftness
hustle
rapidity
confusion
fleetness
hubbub
precipitation
scurry
agitation
fastness
hastiness
precipitousness
race
rapidness
scramble
speediness
turmoil
velocity
hurry-scurry
pother
promptitude
dash
dispatch
drive
expedition
expeditiousness
frenzy
imperativeness
panic
precipitance
precipitateness
push
rustle
time pressure
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Arising from or used in an emergency
crisis
urgent
extraordinary
immediate
impromptu
serious
drastic
desperate
high-priority
top-priority
crash
rush
critical
crucial
pressing
grave
acute
compelling
great
essential
important
paramount
vital
dire
necessary
importunate
extreme
intense
exigent
significant
more ❯
“Officials of the main labour federation convened an emergency meeting yesterday on the reverberations throughout the economy.”
Adjective
▲
Available in case of an emergency
alternative
extra
substitute
replacement
backup
reserve
spare
additional
auxiliary
standby
fallback
fill-in
makeshift
stopgap
temporary
in reserve
relief
alternate
stand-in
supplementary
deputy
back-up
other
second
secondary
surrogate
proxy
another
cover
fall-back
more ❯
“The plane is carrying emergency supplies.”
Adjective
▲
Serving as a temporary or short-term means or measure
stopgap
provisional
temporary
impromptu
improvised
interim
makeshift
acting
caretaker
short-term
stand-in
working
expediential
fill-in
jury
jury-rigged
pro tem
band-aid
expedient
practical
rough-and-ready
rough-and-tumble
substitute
temp
throwaway
rough and ready
make-do
ad hoc
thrown together
ad interim
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Created or done for a particular purpose as necessary
ad hoc
impromptu
improvised
extemporaneous
extemporary
extempore
makeshift
ad-lib
expedient
improvisational
make-do
offhand
offhanded
off-the-cuff
snap
spur-of-the-moment
unconsidered
unplanned
unpremeditated
unprepared
unrehearsed
unstudied
jury
jury-rigged
cobbled together
down and dirty
extemporisedUK
extemporizedUS
informal
provisional
rough and ready
special
specific
specified
thrown together
quick and dirty
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Just before it is too late
last-minute
final
eleventh-hour
frantic
last-ditch
late
deathbed
last
last-gasp
rushed
desperate
last-chance
all-out
do-or-die
last-resort
frenzied
wild
Hail Mary
ultimate
straining
struggling
heroic
extreme
one last
Adjective
▲
Intended to protect someone or something
protective
protecting
covering
defensive
preservative
safeguarding
shielding
insulating
fireproof
precautionary
preventative
preventive
safety
self-protective
waterproof
armoredUS
armouredUK
heatproof
shatterproof
sheltering
toughened
conservational
conservative
custodial
defending
guardian
guarding
deterrent
prophylactic
inhibitory
more ❯
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