Meaning & use
exigent
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Requiring immediate action or attention; pressing or urgent.
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The nurse responded to the exigent needs of the trauma patients first.
Exigent circumstances allowed police to enter the home without a warrant.
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Common in legal English in the phrase 'exigent circumstances,' referring to emergencies serious enough to justify normally-prohibited action.
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