Synonym: crisis, crucial, period, pinch. Similar words: emerge, agency, emerging, frequency, currency, tendency, efficiency, presidency. Meaning: [ɪ'mɜːdʒənsɪ] 
n. 1. a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action 2. a state in which martial law applies 3. a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage.
n. 1. a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action 2. a state in which martial law applies 3. a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage. 
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121. Speed is of the essence in dealing with an emergency.
122. The local government took emergency measures to roll commodity prices back.
123. Emergency services seem impotent in the face of such a disaster.
124. They escaped through an emergency exit and called the police.
125. Aid officials said that the first emergency food rations of wheat and oil were handed out here last month.
126. The crew jettisoned excess fuel and made an emergency landing.
127. The new law empowered the police to search private houses in an emergency.
128. After declaring a state of emergency (sentencedict.com), the government arrested all opposition leaders.
129. The police have been given emergency powers to deal with the crisis.
130. The acid test of a good driver is whether he remains calm in an emergency.
131. I need to know what to do in an emergency.
132. A toddler was admitted to the emergency ward with a wound in his chest.
133. The Prime Minister has called an emergency meeting of parliament.
134. Emergency supplies of food have been flown to the area.
135. Old buses were pressed into service as emergency housing for the refugees.
136. Donations should be sent to the Disaster Emergency Committee, an umbrella organization for UK based aid agencies.
137. The government has declared a state of emergency following the earthquake.
138. The plane had to make an emergency landing because of mechanical problems.
139. He was called on to fill in in an emergency.
140. Most adults do not feel competent to deal with a medical emergency involving a child.
141. Officials arrived to assess whether it is safe to bring emergency food supplies into the city.
142. Thousands of lives will be at stake if emergency aid does not arrive in the city soon.
143. The UN has agreed to allow the supply of emergency aid.
144. The emergency services were working against the clock as the tide began to rise.
145. The prosecution alleged that he lured the officer to his death by making an emergency call.
146. Paul soon found himself in an emergency situation that put all his training to the test.
147. We must get food and emergency aid into the area as quickly as possible.
148. Did you follow the emergency procedure when you heard the alarm?
149. Give the names of two people who can be contacted in an emergency.
150. The emergency services are equipped to deal with disasters of this kind.
More similar words: emerge, agency, emerging, frequency, currency, tendency, efficiency, presidency, a large number of, at the mercy of, commencement, energy, undergo, pregnancy, urge, undergraduate, target, large, gene, largely, at large, surgeon, surgery, agent, genre, farmer, former, forget about, agenda, gently.