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CRITICAL POINT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
Example:
he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point
Synonyms:
critical point; crossroads; juncture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("critical point" is a kind of...):
crisis (an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "critical point"):
criticality (a critical state; especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining)
