acute danger

Frequency: 6.05.5 per million words

a severe and pressing risk

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Examples (10)

  • The patient is in acute danger of organ failure if not treated immediately.
  • Following the market crash, the national economy was in acute danger of collapse.
  • Due to rapid deforestation, the species now faces an acute danger of extinction.
  • The soldiers found themselves in acute danger when their position was overrun by the enemy.
  • Engineers warned that the old bridge was in acute danger of collapsing under the heavy traffic.
  • By ignoring the clear warning signs, you are placing the entire team in acute danger.
  • The fledgling democracy was in acute danger from the attempted military coup.
  • During the blizzard, the stranded climbers were in acute danger of freezing to death.
  • After the data breach, the company is in acute danger of losing customer trust.
  • If the volcano erupts, the nearby town will be in acute danger from pyroclastic flows.