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dire emergency

collocation in English

meanings of direand emergency


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dire
adjective
uk /daɪər/ us /daɪr/
very serious ...
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emergency
noun[C or U]
uk /ɪˈmɜː.dʒən.si/ us /ɪˈmɝː.dʒən.si/
something dangerous or serious, such as an accident, that happens suddenly or unexpectedly and needs fast action in order to avoid ...
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Examples of dire emergency


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In a direemergency there is the police.
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I think without doubt there was a situation of direemergency.
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What help does he intend to give in this direemergency?
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I do not pretend that this represents an ideal situation, but neither is it a situation of direemergency.
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There is no question but that in a direemergency the right of abode would be taken up.
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That alone is enough to make those powers especially disagreeable except in the case of direemergency.
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I think that perhaps we might think of them a little more strongly that we have in the past in times of direemergency.
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There are three categories of entry—entry by consent; entry by magistrate's warrant; and entry in a direemergency which does not need a magistrate's warrant.
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I do not think that it is ever a good thing, except in direemergency, to remove a child without reasonable notice from where he is living.
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During a patrol, the submarine is required to remain silent for three months and is allowed to make contact with the base only in a direemergency.
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