Emergency and Point

Emergency

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

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Point and emergency are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Point" instead a noun "Emergency".

Nearby Words: emergence, emergent

Point noun - A particular and often important moment in time.

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Emergency and point are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Emergency" instead a noun "Point".

particular	particular emergency	particular point
similar	similar emergency	similar point
specific	specific emergency	specific point
future	future emergency	future point
Other adjectives: true, single, actual, entire, real, large, big, serious, huge, little, new, major, political, given, possible, final, random, last, strategic, biggest.

Prometheus makes a point of showing the audience a rather pricey Automated Surgical Unit that can perform almost any kind of emergency surgery, including complex operations which is later used by Shaw to perform an emergency cesarean on herself, after having been infected by Holloway.

Source: Chekhovs Gun / Film
Councilman Rose eventually shows up and tries to take command from her, but by this point she's issued a state of emergency to prevent any such command jockeying.

Source: Series / Ascension (Miniseries)
This trope comes from the term used in air travel where after a certain point it becomes impossible to turn around and return to the point of origin (for example, not enough fuel); even if there is a sudden emergency, the plane must continue towards its destination.

Source: Point of No Return

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