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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
tipping point
breaking point
crisis point
critical juncture
critical moment
critical period
critical point
critical stage
crucial period
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
landmark
crux
climacteric
corner
crucial moment
crossroad
strait
Rubicon
crossing
milestone
cusp
nexus
change
milepost
impasse
height
stalemate
confrontation
standstill
pinch
deadlock
pivot
contingency
deadline
target
pass
sink or swim time
coming to a head
hot spot
shift
peripeteia
development
peak
transition
critical mass
when push comes to shove
crucial occurrence
race against time
rising action
kairotic moment
special event
start time
jumping-off point
appointed time
A-day
H-hour
D-day
point of decision
appointed hour
target day
moment of decision
vital moment
the time
seminal moment
predicament
difficulty
plight
dilemma
hardship
fix
pickle
quandary
distress
hole
jam
scrape
mess
catastrophe
trouble
disaster
calamity
urgency
circumstance
critical situation
panic stations
dire straits
hot water
bind
condition
state
stage
spot
vicissitude
pressure
threshold
tension
squeeze
tight corner
tight spot
showdown
desperate straits
deep water
exigence
urgent situation
combination
tight squeeze
uphill battle
rubicon
when it came to it
terminus
match point
point
tragedy
situation
test
decision time
problem
trying time
flashpoint
danger level
high point
adversity
depression
misadventure
trauma
meltdown
accident
setback
necessity
cataclysm
danger
deciding event
unfolding
unforeseen circumstances
state of affairs
state of things
straits
misfortune
hell
stew
sticky situation
spot of bother
indigence
hell on earth
hard times
reverse
reversal
extreme suffering
destitution
stress
target date
duress
terminal date
time limit
brink
breakpoint
edge
limit
verge of collapse
overextension
spreading too thin
extreme tension
snapping point
overstrain
perplexity
the Rubicon
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
a predicament
a scrape
a tight corner
a sorry condition
pretty
a bind
a difficult situation
“The decision to ignore the sleeping potion twist speeds up the plot but denies Juliet her pivotal moment of choice, and diminishes the horror of the lovers' deaths.”
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