Related Words for close call

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close shave
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Phrase, Noun
narrow escape
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Phrase, Noun
squeak
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Noun, Noun, Verb
peril
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Noun
emergency
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Noun
tragedy
/xx
Noun
accident
/xx
Noun
acquittal
x/x
Noun
chopping block
/x/
Phrase, Noun
death grip
//
Phrase, Noun
casualty
/xxx
Noun
infighting
/xx
Noun
fatality
x/xx
Noun
trouble
/x
Noun
coup de grâce
/x
Phrase, Noun
surgical strike
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
clash
/
Noun
encounter
x/x
Noun
stabbing
/x
Noun
trauma
/x
Noun
no contest
//x
Phrase, Noun
firefight
/x
Noun
wounding
/x
Noun
proximate cause
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
bloodletting
/xx
Noun
standoff
/x
Noun
cat and mouse
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Phrase, Noun, Verb
stroke
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Noun
accidental death
xx/x/
Phrase, Noun
inquest
/x
Noun
disaster
x/x
Noun
attack
x/
Noun
cheap shot
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Phrase, Noun
industrial accident
x/xx/xx
Name, Name
plight
/
Noun
menace
/x
Noun
caution
/x
Noun
endangerment
x/xx
Noun
coup de main
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Name, Name
force majeure
/x/
Phrase, Noun
collateral damage
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Phrase, Noun
threat
/
Noun
incoming
/xx
Noun
attempt
x/
Noun
knockout
/x
Noun
fire
/x
Noun
toll
/
Noun
alarm
x/
Noun
assault
x/
Noun
injury
/xx
Noun
crisis
/x
Noun
firing line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
gunfight
/x
Noun
lookout
/x
Noun
melee
/x
Noun
ordeal
x/
Noun
deadlock
/x
Noun
shotgun
/x
Noun
red alert
//x
Phrase, Noun
moral victory
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
fight
/
Noun
tort
/
Noun
bloodbath
/x
Noun
wait
/
Verb
face off
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
tactic
/x
Noun
retreat
x/
Noun
escapade
/xx
Noun
offense
x/
Noun
cold war
//
Phrase, Noun
gunshot
/x
Noun
appeal
x/
Noun
defense
x/
Noun
exit strategy
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
parry
/x
Noun
mortal combat
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
reply
x/
Noun
hot pursuit
/x/
Phrase, Noun
sharp practice
//x
Phrase, Noun
suicide
/xx
Noun
shooting
/x
Noun
gunpoint
/x
Noun
salvo
/x
Noun
war of nerves
///
Phrase, Noun
personal injury
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
coup
/
Noun
turkey shoot
/xx
Phrase, Noun
mayhem
/x
Noun
striking distance
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
utterance
/xx
Noun
alert
x/
Noun
battle
/x
Noun
foul play
//
Phrase, Noun
measles
/x
Noun
abandonment
x/xx
Noun
about
x/
Adverb, Adjective
accurate
/xx
Adjective
add
/
Verb, Noun
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adjacent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
adjoining
x/x
Adjective
adjournment
x/x
Noun
admonition
xx/x
Noun
advocacy
/xxx
Noun
advocate
/xx
Noun, Verb
airing
/x
Noun
akin
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Adjective, Noun
almost
/x
Adverb, Noun
ambient
/xx
Adjective, Noun
amnesia
x/x
Noun
announce
x/
Verb
announcement
x/x
Noun
answer
/x
Noun, Verb
anticipate
x/xx
Verb
appellant
x/x
Noun, Adjective
appellate
x/x
Adjective
application
xx/x
Noun
apply
x/
Verb, Adjective
appoint
x/
Verb
appointment
x/x
Noun
approach
x/
Noun, Verb
approximate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
argue
/x
Verb, Noun
around
x/
Adverb, Adjective
ask
/
Verb, Noun
at hand
//
Phrase
attach
x/
Verb
attention
x/x
Noun
attentive
x/x
Adjective
attract
x/
Verb
audition
x/x
Noun, Verb
augur
/x
Verb, Noun
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
bang
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
baptize
x/
Verb
battle cry
/x/
Phrase, Noun
beg
/
Verb, Noun
beginning
x/x
Noun, Adjective
behalf
x/
Noun
behest
x/
Noun, Verb
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
bellow
/x
Noun, Verb
beseech
x/
Verb, Noun
beside
x/
Adverb
bet
/
Verb, Noun
bid
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
big
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
bird
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
birdsong
/x
Noun
block
/
Noun, Verb
boo
/
Noun, Verb
boon
/
Noun, Adjective
bosom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
brand
/
Noun, Verb
break
/
Verb, Noun
breath
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bridge
/
Noun, Verb
bring
/
Verb
brink
/
Noun
brotherly
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
busy
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
buy
/
Verb, Noun
calculate
/xx
Verb
call for
//
Phrase, Verb
call in
/x
Phrase, Verb
call off
//
Phrase, Verb
call up
//
Phrase, Verb
callback
/x
Noun
called
/
Adjective
caller
/x
Noun
careful
/x
Adjective
casual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
catch
/
Verb, Noun
categorize
/xxx
Verb
cease
/
Verb, Noun
challenge
/x
Noun, Verb
choice
/
Noun, Adjective
christen
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
chummy
/x
Adjective, Noun
cite
/
Verb, Noun
claim
/
Noun, Verb
clamor
/x
Noun, Verb
clamour
/x
Noun, Verb
classify
/xx
Verb
climax
/x
Noun, Verb
close at hand
///
Phrase, Adverb
closeout
/x
Noun
closure
/x
Noun
coda
/x
Noun
cole
/
Name
collect
x/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun
collegial
x/xx
Adjective
come by
//
Phrase, Verb
come together
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
coming
/x
Noun, Adjective
command
x/
Noun, Verb
communicate
x/xx
Verb
communication
xxx/x
Noun
compact
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
complete
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
completion
x/x
Noun
compose
x/
Verb
composer
x/x
Noun
concise
x/
Adjective, Verb
conclude
x/
Verb
conclusion
x/x
Noun
conference call
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
confidential
xx/x
Adjective
confined
x/
Adjective
constrictive
x/x
Adjective
consummation
xx/x
Noun
contact
/x
Noun, Verb
contend
x/
Verb
contention
x/x
Noun
contiguous
x/xx
Adjective
convene
x/
Verb
convergence
x/x
Noun
conversation
xx/x
Noun, Verb
convocation
xx/x
Noun
cope
/
Verb, Noun
copy
/x
Noun, Verb
cordial
/x
Adjective, Noun
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cozy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
cramped
/
Adjective
cree
/
Name
cries
/
Noun, Verb