crisis
/ˈkɹaɪsɪs/ noun B1- A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
- An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.
- A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die.
- A traumatic or stressful change in a person's life. · I'm having a major crisis trying to wallpaper the living room.
- A point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved.
- Orgasm
Plural crises
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On the day of the crisis, however, his wife turned suddenly against him.
“If matters came to a crisis I should endeavour to be present in person; but you can understand that, with my extensive consulting practice and with the constant appeals which reach me from many quarters, it is impossible for me to be absent from London for an indefinite time.
“When a crisis comes, as it will do, I will direct how you shall act.
But it is a real crisis.
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