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crises

 
Noun crisis has 2 senses
  1. crisis - an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty; "they went bankrupt during the economic crisis"
    --1 is a kind of
    situation
    --1 has particulars:
     Dunkirk; exigency; juncture, critical point, crossroads
  2. crisis - a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something; "after the crisis the patient either dies or gets better"
    --2 is a kind of
    juncture, occasion
    --2 has particulars: emergency, exigency, pinch
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