exigent
/EK-sih-junt/adjectivepressing; demanding immediate action
“Exigent circumstances justified the warrantless entry.”
- Synonyms
- urgent, pressing, critical
- Antonyms
- trivial, deferrable
- Memory hook
- exigere (demand): the moment demands now.
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