Emergency and Situation

Emergency

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

Usage example: an alert, quick-thinking girl who is good to have around in an emergency

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

Nearby Words: emergence, emergent

Situation noun - Position with regard to conditions and circumstances.

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Emergency and situation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Emergency" instead a noun "Situation".

Nearby Words: situate, situated, situating

particular	particular emergency	particular situation
similar	similar emergency	similar situation
usual	usual emergency	usual situation
specific	specific emergency	specific situation
Other adjectives: present, true, actual, entire, real, extreme, serious, dire, new, political, given, possible, military, financial, strategic, life-threatening, life-or-death.

Fortunately you have a pre-arranged code for just such an emergency and you can put out a message that will alert your co-workers to the situation while leaving your customers none the wiser!

Source: Code Emergency
Many times in South Park, whenever there was an emergency a dozen or so government agencies would fight over who would be in charge of the situation.

Source: Vast Bureaucracy
LifeAlert and other emergency response systems: Commercials frequently depict elderly people suffering a sudden health emergency or injury, with a heart attack the most common situation.

Source: Hollywood Heart Attack

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