Emergency and Scope

Emergency

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

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

Nearby Words: emergence, emergent

Scope noun - An area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends.

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Emergency and scope are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Emergency" instead a noun "Scope".

Nearby Words: scoped, scop, scoping

long	long emergency	long scope
similar	similar emergency	similar scope
usual	usual emergency	usual scope
short	short emergency	short scope
Other adjectives: true, actual, entire, severe, large, big, great, huge, little, potential, new, classic, international, regional, extended, cosmic, global, horrific.

Captain Smith, upon realizing the scope of the emergency, gave vague orders and became so disconnected he didn't bother to find out if they were being carried out.

Source: Useful Notes / RMS Titanic
That emergency is long since over and the agency has extended its scope to all children in the world in need regardless of the situation; officially it's now called the United Nations Children's Fund.

Source: Artifact Title / Real Life
Anyone with any kind of emergency medical certification would face lawsuits and possibly jail time if they perform a procedure outside of their legal scope of practice, regardless of whether they know how to do it or not (sorry, Dawson).

Source: Series / Chicago Fire

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