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exigency

English

  1. 🔊 a pressing or urgent situation
    “the health-care exigency”
  2. 🔊 a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
    “he never knew what to do in an emergency”

Similar words

emergency pinch case of need climacteric clutch compulsion constraint contingency convergence of events crisis critical juncture critical point crossroads crucial period crunch demandingness dire necessity drive emergency exigence extremity high pressure hinge immediacy