Need another word that means the same as “emergencies”? Find 5 synonyms and 30 related words for “emergencies” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Emergencies” are: emergency brake, hand brake, parking brake, exigency, pinch
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “emergencies” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| emergency brake | A sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action. |
| exigency | A sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action. The health care exigency. |
| hand brake | The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb. |
| parking brake | Space in which vehicles can be parked. |
| pinch | An act of pinching someone. The pinch of the recession. |
| ambulance | Convey in an ambulance. He was ambulanced to accident and emergency. |
| bleeding | The flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel. She looks so bleeding bored all day. |
| brake | Stop travelling by applying a brake. We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road. |
| contingency | A provision for a possible event or circumstance. Stores were kept as a contingency against a blockade. |
| crisis | An unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty. After the crisis the patient either dies or gets better. |
| danger | A dangerous place. The dangers of smoking. |
| dangerous | Able or likely to cause harm or injury. A dangerous animal. |
| deliverance | The action of being rescued or set free. The low drawl he employed for such deliverances. |
| emergent | An emergent tree or other plant. An emergent republic. |
| entreaty | Earnest or urgent request. An entreaty to stop the fighting. |
| evacuate | Remove (someone) from a place of danger to a safer place. Patients evacuated their bowels before dialysis. |
| evacuation | The bodily process of discharging waste matter. Techniques for evacuation of gas combustion fumes. |
| exigency | An urgent need or demand. The health care exigency. |
| exigent | Pressing; demanding. Regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous. |
| firefighter | A person whose job is to extinguish fires. |
| fireman | Play in which children pretend to put out a fire. |
| hospital | A medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care. Christ's Hospital. |
| immediate | Immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect. The immediate result. |
| immediately | Without any intervening time or space. I rang immediately for an ambulance. |
| imperative | Relating to verbs in the imperative mood. Immediate action was imperative. |
| inquest | An inquiry by a coroner’s court into the cause of a death. An inquest by New York newspapers into a subway fire. |
| instant | Instant coffee. For an instant the moon disappeared. |
| medic | A medical practitioner in the armed forces. |
| paramedic | A person trained to give emergency medical care to people who are injured or ill, typically in a setting outside a hospital. A paramedic team was on its way. |
| pressing | The act of pressing the exertion of pressure. Pure grade olive oil is the product of the second or third pressings. |
| prioritize | Designate or treat (something) as being very or most important. The department has failed to prioritize safety within the oil industry. |
| suffocation | Difficulty in breathing. Suffocation by smoke inhalation. |
| tourniquet | A device for stopping the flow of blood through a vein or artery, typically by compressing a limb with a cord or tight bandage. |
| urgency | An urgent situation calling for prompt action. Emilia heard the urgency in his voice. |
| urgent | Of an action or event done or arranged in response to an urgent situation. An urgent demand for more state funding. |
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