state of emergency

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Noun

state of emergency (plural states of emergency)

1. A government decree that a particular situation requires the implementation of pre-arranged responses on a large scale.
2. The status quo following such declaration.

Translations

government decree

• Esperanto: krizostato (eo)
• Finnish: hätätilajulistus (fi)

• French: état d'urgence (fr) m
• Japanese: 非常事態宣言 (ja) (hijōjitai-sengen)

status quo

• Dutch: noodtoestand (nl) m
• Finnish: hätätila (fi)

• German: Ausnahmezustand (de) m
• Turkish: olağanüstü hâl (tr)

See also

• curfew
• martial law