0 a temporary system of rules to deal with an extremely dangerous or difficult situation:
After the floods the government declared a state of emergency.
1 an extreme condition caused by severe weather or war in which a government allows itself special powers:
Such was the state of emergency that by 1649 a pass granted directly from parliament was needed to transport horses out of the country.
Since violent acts were already illegal, the state of emergency was aimed primarily at curbing the unarmed resistance.
The state of emergency justified such a subordination of private interests to the priorities of public order.
A state of emergency calling for physical help from the adult (implied when fear, fatigue or pain becomes acute) is not applicable to anger.
To try to halt these challenges, the government imposed a state of emergency in 1985 to curve the dissent.
This period was characterised from the outset by the hegemony of the army, unconstitutional government, a state of emergency and incipient terror.
There were other relations (107 for of-genitives) that do not belong to the predefined list of 35 relations, such as state of emergency.
The very threat of a state of emergency in a new democracy attests to the severity of the problem.
