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crisis hotline

crisis hotline noun: a telephone number people can call to get immediate emergency telephone counseling.

Noun

crisis hotline (plural crisis hotlines)

  1. A telephone number people can call to get immediate emergency telephone counseling.
    • Each call to a crisis hotline and each response will differ depending on the unique circumstances associated with each call.2009, Albert R. Roberts, Kenneth R. Yeager, Pocket Guide to Crisis Intervention, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 52
    Synonyms:
    crisis helpline, crisis line

Synonyms of crisis hotline

Forms of crisis hotline

pluralcrisis hotlines

Questions about crisis hotline

What does crisis hotline mean?
Crisis hotline means a telephone number people can call to get immediate emergency telephone counseling.
What part of speech is crisis hotline?
Crisis hotline is a noun.
What is the plural of crisis hotline?
The plural of crisis hotline is crisis hotlines.

Words near crisis hotline in the dictionary

  1. crisis
  2. crisis actor
  3. crisis actors
  4. crisis center
  5. crisis centers
  6. crisis hotline
  7. crisis hotlines
  8. crisis intervention
  9. crisis interventions
  10. crisis line
  11. crisis lines

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