Crisis
Crisis noun - A time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action.
Usage example: the governor responded swiftly and surely to the crisis
Dunkirk
Dunkirk noun - A crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat.
Usage example: the Russians had to pull off a Dunkirk to get out of there
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