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Word entry · 9 letters

emergency

Best crossword clue

"urgent situation"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈmɜː(ɹ).dʒən.si/Part of speech nounSorted ceeegmnryStarts with EEnds with Y3 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage

Word origin

Borrowed from Medieval Latin emergentia, from Latin emergens, present participle of emergo (“to emerge, arise, come forth”), equivalent to emergent + -cy or emerge + -ency. Doublet of emergence.

Used in a sentence

  • Cardiac arrest is an emergency requiring medical attention.
  • We also found that the only emergency egress from the tram was by smashing the front or rear windscreens, and that emergency lighting had failed when the tram overturned.
  • I've got a really bad disease It's got me begging on my hands and knees So take me to emergency Cause something seems to be missing

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01urgent situation9 letters
02Sudden crisis9 letters
03Urgent crisis9 letters

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