sample sentences
"the dangerous situation developed suddenly""that's quite a situation"
"no human situation is simple"
semantic pointers
hyponym
conflict of interest
crisis
crunch
hornet's nest, hornets' nest
hot potato
how-do-you-do, how-d'ye-do
imbroglio, embroilment
Mexican standoff
nightmare, incubus
no-win situation
pass, strait, straits
purgatory
swamp
time bomb, ticking bomb
tinderbox
urgency
deadlock, impasse, standstill, dead end, stalemate
quicksand
hypernym