Crossroads
Crossroads noun - A crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made.
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Synonyms for Crossroads
Roads and crossroads are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Roads" instead a noun "Crossroads".
Roads
Roads noun - A partly sheltered anchorage.
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Synonyms for Roads
Crossroads and roads are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crossroads" instead a noun "Roads".
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Dean Koontz' novella "Strange Highways" has the protagonist, Joe Shannon, change his life when he returns to a crossroads where one of the roads, destroyed 20 years before, is there again.
Source: At the Crossroads -
He comes to a crossroads, where four roads split off, and there are three natives there.
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It has cars with variable top speed (not even a Veyron Super Sport can outrun them without few difficulties), it loves to stalk you at will, and continuously spams roadblocks on roads where crossroads are absent or just far away.
Source: Video Game / Need for Speed
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