| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
climacteric |
| NOUN: | A decisive point: crisis, crossroad (used in plural), exigence, exigency, head, juncture, pass, turning point, zero hour. See DECIDE. |
| ADJECTIVE: | So serious as to be at the point of crisis or necessary to resolve a crisis: acute, critical, crucial, desperate, dire. See SAFETY. |
| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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