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As a child, I was an observer, a listener for the stories of grown-ups. I led a quiet, solitary life with my mother, interrupted in the evenings by the arrival of my father who preferred to live in a state of emergency.
Susan Shreve

Meaning of "state of emergency" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STATE OF EMERGENCY

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WHAT DOES STATE OF EMERGENCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

State of emergency

A state of emergency is a governmental declaration that announces that the country is in a state of emergency. This means that the government can suspend and/or change some functions of the executive, the legislative and or the judiciary during this period of time. It alerts citizens to change their normal behaviour and orders government agencies to implement emergency plans. A government can declare a state of emergency during a time of natural or man-made disaster, during a period of civil unrest, or following a declaration of war or situation of international/internal armed conflict. Justitium is its equivalent in Roman law. It can also be used as a rationale for suspending rights and freedoms, even if those rights and freedoms are guaranteed under the Constitution. Some countries do not have an embedded Constitution such as the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Israel. Legislation covers a state of emergency in these countries. Under the protocol of the ICCPR, rights and freedoms may be suspended during a state of emergency, for example, a government can detain citizens and hold them without trial.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STATE OF EMERGENCY

state education
State Enrolled Nurse
state function
state funeral
state highway patrol
state house
State legislature
State line
state militia
state of affairs
state of mind
state of play
state of siege
state of the art
State of the Union Address
state of war
State police
state prayers

WORDS THAT END LIKE STATE OF EMERGENCY

advertising agency
agency
aid agency
contingency
credit agency
currency
emergency
employment agency
Environment Agency
Environmental Protection Agency
estate agency
Food Standards Agency
insurgency
intelligence agency
interagency
law enforcement agency
news agency
regency
relief agency
travel agency
urgency

Synonyms and antonyms of state of emergency in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «state of emergency» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STATE OF EMERGENCY

Find out the translation of state of emergency to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of state of emergency from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «state of emergency» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

紧急状态
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

estado de emergencia
570 millions of speakers

English

state of emergency
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आपातकाल की स्थिति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حالة الطوارئ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ЧП
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estado de emergência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জরুরী অবস্থা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

état d´urgence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

darurat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Notstand
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

非常事態
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비상 상태
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Negara darurat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tình trạng khẩn cấp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அவசரநிலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आपत्कालीन प्रसंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

olağanüstü hal
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stato di emergenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Stan wyjątkowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ПП
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stare de urgență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατάσταση έκτακτης ανάγκης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

noodtoestand
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tillstånd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unntakstilstand
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of state of emergency

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STATE OF EMERGENCY»

The term «state of emergency» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.536 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STATE OF EMERGENCY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «state of emergency» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «state of emergency» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about state of emergency

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5 QUOTES WITH «STATE OF EMERGENCY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word state of emergency.
1
Nicos Anastasiades
The state of emergency and critical nature of the times do not allow me, as they do not allow anyone, to embark on a blame game.
2
Henry Bonilla
Well, we have a crisis along the Mexican border right now, a state of emergency as declared by a bipartisan group of Texas House members just last fall. You know, we've had almost 200,000 OTMs - the government categorizes OT 'other, other than Mexicans' - along the Mexican border.
3
Bob Buckhorn
The governor has a role in terms of declaring a state of emergency.
4
Eduard Shevardnadze
But on second thought, after I decreed the state of emergency, I came to the conclusion that that was impossible to achieve without bloodshed because the street protesters were full of anger and nearly out of control. This is why I thought we needed to find another way out.
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Susan Shreve
As a child, I was an observer, a listener for the stories of grown-ups. I led a quiet, solitary life with my mother, interrupted in the evenings by the arrival of my father who preferred to live in a state of emergency.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STATE OF EMERGENCY»

Discover the use of state of emergency in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to state of emergency and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of ...
He is adept at linking history, statistics and the writings of philosophers and economists to proffer forceful arguments. His book crackles." --"The Washington Post" "Mr. Buchanan, in this book, is positively fearless. He is also right.
Patrick J. Buchanan, 2007
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State of Emergency
Countdown To ArmageddonThe next attack will be nuclear.Praise for the novels of Marc Cameronon Act of Terror "Fascinating characters with action off-the-charts. Masterful." --Steve Berry on National Security.
Marc Cameron, 2013
3
State of Emergency: The Way We Were: Britain, 1970-1974
The book behind the major new BBC2 series The Seventies In the early 1970s, Britain seemed to be tottering on the brink of the abyss.
Dominic Sandbrook, 2011
4
State of Emergency: We Must Save African American Males
Providing a thorough investigation of educational issues, class struggles, absentee fathers, penal institutions, and the drug industry, the book condemns the standards and circumstances that have declared war on black men: Why is there such ...
Jawanza Kunjufu, 2009
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E-FORCE: State of Emergency: State of Emergency
E-FORCE: Six gifted, super-fit, highly trained individuals MISSION: Specialist rescue in times of global emergency The Emergency Force team - including Marine Mark Harrison, Shuttle pilot Michaela Buchanan and Cyber genius Tom Erickson - ...
Sam Fisher, 2010
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State of Emergency
In STATE OF EMERGENCY, Nate Braden brings these various threads together to show how the United States was closer to revolution in 1934 than at any time since 1776.
Nate Braden, 2010
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CNN Reports: Hurricane Katrina: State of Emergency
Documents over a fourteen day period the destructive impact of Hurricane Katrina on the homes and businesses of Mississippi and Louisiana and the personal hardships and tragedies endured by the residents of these areas.
‎2005
8
State of Emergency
In 2010, four states threaten to secede from the Union, using the Glen Canyon dam as their bargaining chip, and the ensuing politics leaves the primary negotiator wondering who exactly is behind the secessionist movement. Reprint.
Steve Pieczenik, 1999
9
State of Exception
In this highly topical book, Agamben ultimately arrives at original ideas about the future of democracy and casts a new light on the hidden relationship that ties law to violence.
Giorgio Agamben, 2008
10
State of Emergency: Nyasaland 1959
Colin Baker examines the growth of nationalist violence in Nyasaland (now Malawi), the declaration of the State of Emergency, and the repercussions of the Devlin Commission, both at home and abroad.
Colin Baker, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STATE OF EMERGENCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term state of emergency is used in the context of the following news items.
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Kentucky under state of emergency
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear declared a state of emergency Tuesday afternoon in response to flooding and wind damage caused by overnight thunderstorms in ... «The Courier-Journal, Jul 15»
2
ISIS Prompts State of Emergency in Tunisia, Declaration of 'War' in …
Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi has declared a state of emergency in the wake of ISIS (Da'esh) attacks on its soil, according to the state-run TAP news ... «The Jewish Press, Jul 15»
3
Tunisia beach attack: State of emergency declared
Tunisia has declared a state of emergency, just over a week after 38 tourists, mainly Britons, died in an attack in the resort city of Sousse. The state of emergency ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
4
State of Emergency in California as Santa Barbara Cleans Up from …
A cleanup effort residents say was slow to start is now underway off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, where crude oil from a broken pipeline leaked into the ... «Democracy Now!, May 15»
5
State of Law: PM must declare state of emergency
Erbil, Kurdistan Region – Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi should declare a state of emergency across Iraq and order all Iraqi forces on alert and to prepare to ... «Rudaw, May 15»
6
Baltimore mayor seeks Justice review for police dept.; state of
In lifting Baltimore's state of emergency, Hogan (R) announced the departure of the last of 3,000 National Guard troops and 1,000 police officers from other ... «Washington Post, May 15»
7
Iowa governor declares state of emergency due to bird flu outbreak
Iowa, the top egg-producing state in the United States, is the third state to declare a state of ... Minnesota and Wisconsin declared states of emergency in April. «Reuters, May 15»
8
Baltimore Burns: Freddie Gray Protests Turn Violent, Prompting …
Maryland called in the national guard and declared a state of emergency after riots, arson and looting erupted in Baltimore on Monday night following the funeral ... «NBCNews.com, Apr 15»
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State of Emergency declared for Kentucky
A winter storm has dumped more than a foot of snow on the state capital, ... Kentucky National Guard soldiers are firing up Humvees to make emergency medical ... «WLKY Louisville, Mar 15»
10
State of Emergency and Travel Ban Declared; Boston Schools to …
Governor Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency in Massachusetts on Monday at noon ahead of a major blizzard that is expected to drop 2-to-3 feet of ... «Boston.com, Jan 15»

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