Synonyms of eleventh hour

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eleventh hour

noun

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as in crisis

the latest possible time

The killer's life was spared at the eleventh hour.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crisis
• emergency
• extremity
• crossroad(s)
• last minute
• possibility
• zero hour
• climax
• situation
• flash point
• boiling point
• breaking point
• landmark
• crunch time
• Dunkirk
• corner
• happening
• milestone
• turning point
• spot
• juncture
• clutch
• crunch
• exigency
• conjuncture
• contingency
• head
• hot water
• tinderbox
• condition
• pass
• last ditch
• strait
• hole
• jam
• predicament
• pinch
• deadlock
• fix
• impasse
• scrape
• stalemate