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Common collocations with crisis in American Collocation

crisis noun countable/uncountable

US /ˈkraɪsɪs/

major

acute
deep
grave
major
profound
serious
severe

Meanwhile, the party was going through a deep crisis.

about to happen

future
impending
looming

Three million people are at risk from this impending crisis.

getting worse

deepening
escalating
growing
mounting
worsening

The debates reflect the deepening crisis in international relations.

continuing/repeated

ongoing
periodic
perpetual
prolonged
protracted

We implore them to respond immediately to this ongoing crisis.

financial

banking
capitalist
currency
debt
economic
financial
fiscal
funding
pension

The country drifted from one economic crisis to another.

political

constitutional
political
revolutionary

This might spark a constitutional crisis.

related to energy or the environment

ecological
energy
environmental
fuel
oil

The dominant response to our global ecological crisis is avoiding the issue.

We need other ways to solve the energy crisis.

personal/emotional

emotional
existential
identity
mid-life
moral
personal
spiritual

The story is centred on a young woman who’s suffering from an identity crisis.

experience a crisis

be faced with
experience
face
go through
suffer
undergo

The university is facing a funding crisis.

cause a crisis

cause
create
lead to
precipitate
provoke
spark
trigger

His visit provoked an international crisis.

make a crisis worse

aggravate
deepen
escalate
exacerbate
intensify
worsen

It seems irrational that he wants to escalate this crisis.

handle a crisis

address
alleviate
cope with
deal with
defuse
ease
handle
manage
overcome
resolve
respond to
solve
tackle

A prisoner exchange is the only way to resolve this crisis.

avoid a crisis

avert
avoid
prevent

Appeal funds will also support plans to avert food crises in the future.

not be badly affected by a crisis

survive
weather

The company survived the oil crisis.