n.
1) to cause, precipitate, provoke, stir up a ~
2) to aggravate a ~
3) to avert, forestall a ~
4) to defuse, overcome, settle a ~; to ride out a ~
5) an acute, grave, serious; impending; mounting ~
6) a cabinet; economic, financial; energy; food; housing; identity; mid-life; political ~
7) a ~ concerning, over (there was a ~ over the budget deficit)
8) a ~ in (the ~ in health care)
9) in a ~