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What does emergency mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word emergency? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
  2. (US, Canada, often attributive) The department of a hospital that treats emergencies.
  3. An individual brought in at short notice to replace a member of staff, a player in a sporting team, etc.
  4. (archaic) The quality of being emergent; sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence.
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The MyTravel pilot aborted take-off and performed an emergency stop of his Airbus A321 craft.
People vented their fury at the police at an emergency public meeting on Monday night.
From this, Meilander concludes that emergency contraception is more like contraception than abortifacient procedures.
As well as finding you the best way from A to B, the operators can also provide an emergency and breakdown service.
A plan walk-through introduces the crisis team to the emergency response plan.
Women were seen screaming and wailing at the hospital as ambulances ferried the wounded to the emergency department.

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