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crisis - an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty; they went bankrupt during the economic crisis. Dunkirk - a crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat; the Russians had to pull off a Dunkirk to get out of there.
situation - a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; the dangerous situation developed suddenly; that's quite a situation; no human situation is simple. economic crisis, slump, depression - a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment.