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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.
In crisis management, the threat is the potential damage a crisis can inflict on an organization, its stakeholders, and an industry. A crisis can create three related threats: (1) public safety, (2) financial loss, and (3) reputation loss.