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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151. The government has put forward an emergency bill to limit the powers of the police.
152. On July 20th, the council was summoned to hear an emergency report on its finances.
153. In an emergency you could get out through a window, but it would be a nasty drop.
154. In case of emergency, break the glass and press the button.
155. He vociferously opposed the state of emergency imposed by the government.
156. She left her car by the side of the road and walked along the grass verge to the emergency phone.
157. The population faces starvation this winter without large-scale emergency food aid.
158. His medical skill is so superb that he can hardly be filled in for in an emergency.
159. Emergency aid was siphoned off by foreign ministry officials for their own use.
160. The minister paid tribute to the work of the emergency services.
161. I dread to think what will happen in the case of a major emergency.
162. The lifeguards must be trained to deal with any sort of emergency.
163. The pilot of the aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing on Lake Geneva.
164. The authority to call an emergency meeting rests with the president.
165. An emergency fund was set up in reaction to the famine.
166. The emergency nurse can treat minor injuries without reference to a doctor.
167. An emergency hotline has been set up for the relatives of those involved in the disaster.
168. We made a tour of the yacht,(www.Sentencedict.com) checking lashings and emergency gear.
169. Staff are not permitted to make personal phone calls except in an emergency.
170. Rose underwent emergency surgery after a bullet pierced her lung.
171. Some of the victims are complaining loudly about the uneven distribution of emergency aid.
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.