Related Words for crisis

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catastrophe
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Noun, Noun
disasters
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Noun
meltdown
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Noun
turmoil
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Noun
calamity
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Noun
downturns
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Noun
recession
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Noun
situation
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Noun
upheavals
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Noun
tragedy
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Noun
epidemic
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Noun
conflict
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Noun
problems
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Noun
debacle
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Noun
implosion
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Noun
collapse
x/
Noun
emergencies
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Noun
outbreak
/x
Noun
fallout
/x
Noun
dilemmas
x/x
Noun
shortfalls
/x
Noun
scandal
/x
Noun
trauma
/x
Noun
fiasco
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Noun
panic
/x
Noun
pandemic
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Noun
chaos
/x
Noun
troubles
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Noun
conflagration
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Noun
predicament
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Noun
malaise
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Noun
depression
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Noun
woes
/
Noun
illness
/x
Noun
shortage
/x
Noun
worsening
/xx
Verb
unrest
x/
Noun
disastrous
x/x
Adjective
crux
/
Noun
turning point
/x/
Phrase, Noun
critical point
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
juncture
/x
Noun
conjuncture
x/x
Noun
crossroads
/x
Noun
point
/
Noun
projection
x/x
Noun
cusp
/
Noun
break
/
Noun
incident
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Noun
circumstance
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Noun
point of no return
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Phrase, Noun
moment of truth
/x//
Phrase, Noun
kairos
/x
Noun
crunch time
//
Phrase, Noun
caesura
//x
Noun
tipping point
/x/
Phrase, Noun
high point
//
Phrase, Noun
fate
/
Noun
cutoff
/x
Noun
passage
/x
Noun
occasion
x/x
Noun
moment
/x
Noun
period
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Noun
breakthrough
/x
Noun
closure
/x
Noun
critique
x/
Noun
knot
/
Noun
milestone
/x
Noun
closing
/x
Noun
breakout
/x
Noun
case
/
Noun
opportunity
xx/xx
Noun
minute
/x
Noun
adventure
x/x
Noun
times
/
Noun
hinge
/
Noun
prime time
//
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
disruption
x/x
Noun
hot button
//x
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
nick
/
Name
round
/
Noun
threshold
/x
Noun
issue
/x
Noun
point of view
///
Phrase, Noun
interim
/xx
Noun
current
/x
Noun
revolution
xx/x
Noun
fast track
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
event
x/
Noun
conclusion
x/x
Noun
hiatus
x/x
Noun
resolution
xx/x
Noun
instant
/x
Noun
terminus
/xx
Noun
capstone
/x
Noun
trend
/
Noun
eventuality
xxx/xx
Noun
suspense
x/
Noun
occurrence
x/x
Noun
peak
/
Noun
point of origin
///xx
Phrase, Noun
connection
x/x
Noun
epoch
/x
Noun
focal point
/x/
Phrase, Noun
chapter of accidents
/x//xx
Phrase, Noun
when
/
Adverb, Noun
article
/xx
Noun
arrival
x/x
Noun
accident
/xx
Noun
short term
//
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
upshot
/x
Noun
ground zero
//x
Phrase, Noun
occurring
x/x
Verb
meeting
/x
Noun
snapshot
/x
Noun
defining moment
x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
quest
/
Noun
scenario
x/xx
Noun
précis
x
Noun, Verb
interruption
xx/x
Noun
matter
/x
Noun
coinciding
xx/x
Verb
current events
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
choice
/
Noun
present
/x
Noun
prognosis
x/x
Noun
sticking point
/x/
Phrase, Noun
story
/x
Noun
setting
/x
Noun
encountering
x/xx
Verb
initiative
x/xx
Noun
life
/
Noun
course
/
Noun
stage
/
Noun
termination
xx/x
Noun
acme
/x
Noun
starting point
/x/
Phrase, Noun
midlife
/x
Adjective
hostage
/x
Adjective
lusitania
xx/xx
Adjective
fordism
/xx
Name
defused
x/
Verb
tide
/
Verb
japan
x/
Adverb
ruhr
/
Adjective
mideast
/x
Adjective
abyssinian
x/xx
Adjective
intellectual
xx/xx
Noun
manchurian
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Adjective
precipitates
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Verb
deepening
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Verb
hypertensive
xx/x
Adjective
throes
/
Noun
looming
/x
Verb
cuban
/x
Adjective
averting
x/x
Verb
aplastic
x/x
Adjective
weathered
/x
Verb
bosnian
/xx
Adjective
ecologic
xx/x
Adjective
rhodesian
x/x
Adjective
overproduction
/xx/x
Noun
erupts
x/
Verb
brewing
/x
Verb
aftercare
/xx
Noun
anxiety
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Noun
arousal
x/x
Noun
attack
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
bind
/
Noun, Verb
bout
/
Noun, Verb
breakdown
/x
Noun
brink
/
Noun
bust
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cataclysm
/xxx
Noun
concerns
x/
Noun, Verb
context
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crash
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
critical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
criticism
/xxx
Noun
crucial
/x
Adjective
crunch
/
Noun, Verb
cry
/
Noun, Verb
cycle
/x
Noun, Verb
danger
/x
Noun, Verb
deadlock
/x
Noun, Verb
death
/
Noun
delirium
x/xx
Noun
depressed
x/
Adjective
difficulty
/xxx
Noun
dislocation
x//x
Noun
distress
x/
Noun, Verb
drama
/x
Noun
drought
/
Noun
embarrassments
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Noun
emotion
x/x
Noun
episode
/xx
Noun
exigency
x/xx
Noun
expressible
x/xx
Adjective
fit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
goal
/
Noun, Verb
grief
/
Noun, Verb
handle
/x
Verb, Noun
hardships
/x
Noun
heart
/
Noun, Verb
help
/
Verb, Noun
holocaust
/xx
Name, Verb
hurt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
ills
/
Noun
impasse
x/
Noun
injury
/xx
Noun, Verb
insecurities
xx/xx
Noun
judgement
/x
Noun
judgment
/x
Noun
kris
/
Name, Verb
learning
/x
Noun
mad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
missile
/x
Noun
modeling
/xx
Noun
oil
/
Noun, Verb
origination
xxx/x
Noun
pinch
/
Noun, Verb
plight
/
Noun, Verb
process
/x
Noun, Verb
prone
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
punishment
/xx
Noun
risk
/
Noun, Verb
sad
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
scares
/
Verb, Noun
school
/
Noun, Verb
seizure
/x
Noun, Verb
serious
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
shocks
/
Noun
slowdown
/x
Noun
slump
/
Noun, Verb
stalemate
/x
Noun, Verb
standoff
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
storm
/
Noun, Verb
stress
/
Noun, Verb
tantrum
/x
Noun, Verb
threat
/
Noun, Verb
turbulence
/xx
Noun
urgency
/xx
Noun
worry
/x
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fall
/
Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun