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crossroads collapse: a point where a choice must be made; "Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology"

emergent collapse: coming into existence; "an emergent republic"; occurring unexpectedly and requiring urgent action; "emergent repair of an aorta"

crucial collapse: of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women"; having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle"; having crucial relevance; "crucial to the case"; "relevant testimony"

pivotal collapse: being of crucial importance; "a pivotal event"; "Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions"- Henry Kissinger; "the polar events of this study"; "a polar principal"

exigency collapse: a pressing or urgent situation; "the health-care exigency"

exigent collapse: requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation"

emergency collapse: a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action; "he never knew what to do in an emergency"; a state in which martial law applies; "the governor declared a state of emergency"

desperate collapse: a person who is frightened and in need of help; "they prey on the hopes of the desperate"; showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort; "made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber"; "the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall; "they took heroic measures to save his life"; fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency"; showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire; "felt a desperate urge to confess"; "a desperate need for recognition"; desperately determined; "do-or-die revolutionaries"; "a do-or-die conflict"; (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair; "a desperate criminal"; "taken hostage of desperate men"

charged collapse: of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge; "charged particles"; "a charged battery"; fraught with great emotion; "an atmosphere charged with excitement"; "an emotionally charged speech"; capable of producing violent emotion or arousing controversy; "the highly charged issue of abortion"

crisis collapse: a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something; "after the crisis the patient either dies or gets better"; an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty; "they went bankrupt during the economic crisis"

hinge collapse: a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other; a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend; "his absence is the hinge of our plan"; attach with a hinge

pregnant collapse: carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life

loaded collapse: (of statements or questions) charged with associative significance and often meant to mislead or influence; "a loaded question"; (of weapons) charged with ammunition; "a loaded gun"

strait collapse: a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water; strict and severe; "strait is the gate"

decisive collapse: determining or having the power to determine an outcome; "cast the decisive vote"; "two factors had a decisive influence"; characterized by decision and firmness; "an able an decisive young woman"; "we needed decisive leadership"; "she gave him a decisive answer"; unmistakable; "had a decisive lead in the polls"

clutch collapse: a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism; "this year's model has an improved clutch"; a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism; "he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other"; a number of birds hatched at the same time; a tense critical situation; "he is a good man in the clutch"

crunch collapse: the sound of something crunching; "he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path"; a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources); "an end-of-the year crunch"; "a financial crunch"; make crunching noises; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel"; chew noisily; "The children crunched the celery sticks"; press or grind with a crunching noise

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