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crisis
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a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action the governor responded swiftly and surely to the crisis Synonyms boiling point, breaking point, clutch, conjuncture, emergency, crossroad(s), crunch, crunch time, Dunkirk, exigency, extremity, flash point, head, juncture, tinderbox, zero hourRelated Words contingency, possibility; climax, turning point; happening, landmark, milestone; condition, pass, situation, strait; deadlock, impasse, stalemate; corner, fix, hole, hot water, jam, last ditch, pinch, predicament, scrape, spot; eleventh hour, last minute
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