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   crisis

   /ˈkrʌɪsɪs/

   noun

   • 1. a time of intense difficulty or danger: "the current economic crisis" Similar catastrophecalamitycataclysmemergencydisasterpredicamentplightmessdilemmaquandarysetbackreversereversalupheavaldramatroubledire straitshard timeshardshipadversityextremitydistressdifficultyinformal:fixpicklejamstewscrapebindholesticky situationhot waterhellhell on earthhasslestresscar crashspot of bother
   • ▪ a time when a difficult or important decision must be made: "when the crisis came, she does not appear to have hesitated" Similar critical pointdecisive pointturning pointcrossroadscritical periodcruxclimaxclimactericculminationheightheadmoment of truthzero hourpoint of no returnRubiconinformal:crunch
   • ▪ the turning point of a disease when an important change takes place, indicating either recovery or death.

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting the turning point of a disease): medical Latin, from Greek krisis ‘decision’, from krinein ‘decide’. The general sense ‘decisive point’ dates from the early 17th century.

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