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   emergency

   /ɪˈməːdʒ(ə)nsi/

   noun

   • 1. a serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action: "personal alarms for use in an emergency"
   • ▪ arising from or used in an emergency: "an emergency operation to save his sight" Similar urgentcrisisimpromptuextraordinaryalternativesubstitutereplacementspareextrastandbyauxiliaryreservebackupfill-infallbackin reserveOpposite mainprimary
   • ▪ a person with a medical condition requiring immediate treatment: "the hospital treated two hundred emergencies"
   • ▪ the department in a hospital which provides immediate treatment: North American "a doctor in emergency cleaned the wound"
   • 2. the Second World War. historical Irish
   • 3. a reserve runner in horse racing. Australian, New Zealand

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from medieval Latin emergentia, from Latin emergere ‘arise, bring to light’ (see emerge).

   Scrabble Points: 17

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishEMERGENCY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   emergency: [noun] an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action.

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   Emergency definition: a sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or occasion requiring immediate action.. See examples of EMERGENCY used in a sentence.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryEMERGENCY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › EmergencyEmergency - Wikipedia

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   An emergency is an urgent, unexpected, and usually dangerous situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or environment and requires immediate action. [1] Most emergencies require urgent intervention to prevent a worsening of the situation, although in some situations, mitigation may not be possible and agencies may only ...