- A turning point; a crucial event - Decisive moment - Emergency - Time of extreme trouble - Turning point - Weep, little sister ... I hear it’s an emergency! - The point of time when it is to be decided whether any
affair or course of action must go on, or be modified or terminate; the
decisive moment; the turning point.
- Pressing - Urgent - Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing;
critical. - Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment. - The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry.