emergency

Definition

Examples

In an emergency, please use the stairs instead of the elevator.

Word Family

Synonyms

• crisisan unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• urgencythe state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity

Collocations

• Easy in case of emergency
  indicating a state, position, or relationship within case of emergency
• Medium emergency exit
  describing emergency exit (a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action)
• Hard declare a state of emergency
  to declare a state of emergency, meaning to state emphatically and authoritatively
• Very Hard deploy emergency relief funds
  to deploy emergency relief funds, meaning to place troops or weapons in battle formation