(crises)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
A ~ is a situation in which something or someone is affected by one or more very serious problems.
Natural disasters have obviously contributed to the continent’s economic ~...
The Italian political system has been judged to be in terminal ~ for decades.
...children’s illnesses or other family crises...
...someone to turn to in moments of ~.
N-VAR: oft supp N