Crisis and Stress

Crisis

Crisis noun - A time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action.

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Stress and crisis are semantically related. in fix topic. In some cases you can use "Stress" instead a noun "Crisis". informal substitute

Stress noun - The burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time.

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Crisis and stress are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crisis" instead a noun "Stress".

Nearby Words: stressed, stressful, stressing

emotional	emotional crisis	emotional stress
initial	initial crisis	initial stress
deep	deep crisis	deep stress
severe	severe crisis	severe stress
Other adjectives: massive, big, extreme, great, serious, personal, new, continuing, major, combined, mental, recent, resulting.

A fuel crisis hit not long after, which lead to many Reploids being branded "Maverick" randomly in order to ease stress on the human population; any complaints?

Source: Robot War
Freak Out: Towards the end, all the characters suffer some sort of mental crisis or breakdown, as a result of their stress and guilt over Bunny's murder.

Source: Literature / The Secret History
A humorous example occurs when ExComm is reviewing a message from Khruschev, at the height of the crisis:CIA Director: The analysts say it was written by someone under considerable stress.*Everyone laughs*'President Kennedy: Glad to know we're not alone.

Source: Film / Thirteen Days

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