crisis

IPA: krˈaɪsʌs

A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.
(medicine) A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die.
(psychology) A traumatic or stressful change in a person's life.
(drama) A point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved.

Examples of "crisis" in Sentences

The crisis was finally stabilized.
The impact of the global financial crisis.
The dismissal was the culmination of the crisis.
The topic of the election was the financial crisis.
There was a financial crisis in the domestic market.
The downturn in the club's fortunes had led to a financial crisis.
It is the story of a dramatist seeking to understand the financial crisis.
The announcement of the project coincided with the global financial crisis.
That makes sense considering many banks are still licking their wounds from the recent financial crisis.
Thanks to the subprime crisis, the precipitant global financial crisis and the resultant Eurozone sovereign debt crisis occurred.