emergency

[E*merĀ·gen*cy]

When there's an emergency, the stakes are high and you may need to act quickly. There's a tornado! Someone's collapsed! The cat's stuck in a tree! It's an emergency! Call 911!

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Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion.

Noun
a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage

Noun
a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action; "he never knew what to do in an emergency"

Noun
a state in which martial law applies; "the governor declared a state of emergency"


n.
Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion.

n.
An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or remedy; pressing necessity; exigency.


Emergency

E*mer"gen*cy , n.; pl. Emergencies . [See Emergence.] 1. Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion.
Most our rarities have been found out by casual emergency.
2. An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or remedy; pressing necessity; exigency.
To whom she might her doubts propose, On all emergencies that rose.
A safe counselor in most difficult emergencies.
Syn. -- Crisis; conjuncture; exigency; pinch; strait; necessity.

Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion.

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Usage Examples

I feel the 21st century is another new age. Not only can we collaborate again with nature, but we have to. It's an emergency.

One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.

Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor - with the cry of grave national emergency.

No one should have to choose between medicine and other necessities. No one should have to use the emergency room every time a child gets sick. And no one should have to live in constant fear that a medical problem will become a financial crisis.

I am not against all forms of high-tech medicine. Drugs and surgeries have a secure place in the treatment of serious health conditions. But modern American medicine treats almost every health condition as if it were an emergency.

Look, if you have somebody who doesn't have health insurance, who doesn't have a doctor or dentist, and in order to deal with their cold or flu or dental problem, they go to an emergency room - in general, that visit will cost ten times more than walking into a community health center.

Community health centers do a great deal with limited resources. They provide critical medical care services to many who would otherwise have no other place to go or would end up in an emergency room.

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Other Usage Examples

In addition, California spends nearly $1 billion a year in Medi-Cal services for an average of 780,000 illegal immigrants a month, over and above emergency health services.

Most illegals are without health insurance, and when these workers need emergency healthcare, the American taxpayer gets stuck with the bill.

Emergency health care for illegal aliens along the southwestern border is already costing area hospitals $200 million a year, with perhaps another $100 million in extended care costs.

Moreover, health center services save money and lives by treating diseases before they become chronic conditions, require hospital care or require a trip to the emergency room.

I get so frustrated when people tell me it's unrealistic to create an eight-month emergency savings fund, or have money saved for a home down payment, or pay off their $5,000 credit card balance.

I found out that colonels can stay until they drop dead or get a walker and being a critical medical specialty as an Army trained emergency room doctor, I could stay until age 67.

If you are worried about job security and do not have an adequate emergency fund (ideally eight months' worth of living expenses stashed away in a federally insured bank or credit union), you need to focus more on saving money than paying down the balance on your credit cards.

Abortion politics have distracted all sides from what is really essential: a major aid campaign to improve midwifery, prenatal care and emergency obstetric services in poor countries.

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