crisis

♦♦ cri|sis /kr'aɪsɪs/ (crises /kr'aɪsiːz/)
[N-VAR] oft supp N
A crisis is a situation in which something or someone is affected by one or more very serious problems.
Natural disasters have obviously contributed to the continent's economic crisis...
The Italian political system has been judged to be in terminal crisis for decades.
...children's illnesses or other family crises...
...someone to turn to in moments of crisis.cri|sis man|age|ment
[N-UNCOUNT]
People use crisis management to refer to a management style that concentrates on solving the immediate problems occurring in a business rather than looking for long-term solutions. (BUSINESS)
Today's NSC is overcome by day-to-day crisis management.
...a crisis-management team.mid|life cri|sis /m'ɪdlaɪf kr'aɪsɪs/ (midlife crises)
[N-COUNT] usu sing
A midlife crisis is a period of doubt and anxiety that some people experience in middle age, when they think about whether their life is the kind of life that they want.
I went through my midlife crisis about four or five years ago, when I was forty.