crisis (n.)
- boom
- bust
- calamity
- cardhouse
- catastrophe
- climacteric
- climax
- clutch
- contingency
- core
- cornerstone
- crossroads
- crunch
- crux
- danger
- depression
- disaster
- downturn
- emergency
- endangerment
- essence
- essential
- exigency
- expansion
- extremity
- fundamental
- gist
- growth
- hazard
- heart
- hinge
- imperativeness
- issue
- jeopardy
- kernel
- keystone
- landmark
- low
- meat
- menace
- milestone
- nub
- pass
- peak
- peaking
- peril
- pinch
- pith
- pivot
- plight
- predicament
- press
- pressure
- prosperity
- push
- quicksand
- recession
- recovery
- risk
- rub
- slowdown
- slump
- strait
- stress
- substance
- tension
- threat
- turn
- upturn
- urgency
With mortal crisis doth portend
My days to appropinque an end.
