Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with crisis in American Collocation
crisis
noun
countable/uncountable
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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- Two-star words are even more common
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
major
Meanwhile, the party was going through a deep crisis.
about to happen
Three million people are at risk from this impending crisis.
getting worse
The debates reflect the deepening crisis in international relations.
continuing/repeated
We implore them to respond immediately to this ongoing crisis.
financial
The country drifted from one economic crisis to another.
political
This might spark a constitutional crisis.
related to energy or the environment
The dominant response to our global ecological crisis is avoiding the issue.
We need other ways to solve the energy crisis.
personal/emotional
The story is centred on a young woman who’s suffering from an identity crisis.
experience a crisis
The university is facing a funding crisis.
cause a crisis
His visit provoked an international crisis.
make a crisis worse
It seems irrational that he wants to escalate this crisis.
handle a crisis
A prisoner exchange is the only way to resolve this crisis.
avoid a crisis
Appeal funds will also support plans to avert food crises in the future.
not be badly affected by a crisis
The company survived the oil crisis.