state of emergency
/ˈsteɪt əv ɪˈmɜr·dʒən·si/ n [U]Definition
› an extreme condition caused by severe weather or war in which a government allows itself special powers: The governor declared a state of emergency in two counties hit by the hurricane.
(Definition of state of emergency n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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