| NOUN | state | criticality, criticalness, cruciality | a state of critical urgency |
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| state | criticality | a critical state |
| Sounds | krih.tahkae'lahtiy | |
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| Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... | |
| Meaning | A state of critical urgency. | |
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| Synonyms | criticalness, cruciality | |
| Broader | urgency | The state of being urgent |
| Spanish | crucialidad | |
| Catalan | crucialitat | |
| Adjectives | critical | being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency |
| critical | urgently needed | |
| Meaning | A critical state; especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining. | |
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| Attributes | critical | At or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain / sustain a chain ... / chain reaction |
| noncritical | not critical | |
| Narrower | flash point, flashpoint | point at which something is ready to blow up |
| Broader | juncture, critical point, crossroads | A crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made |
| Adjectives | critical | at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain / sustain a chain ... / chain reaction |
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