English-Finnish translations for state of emergency

• poikkeustila
  Miehitetyillä alueilla vallitsee poikkeustila. A state of emergency reins in the occupied areas.
  Tämänpäiväiset uutiset, joiden mukaan poikkeustila kumotaan, ovat myös myönteinen merkki. Today's news that the state of emergency will be lifted is also a positive sign.
  Jos se ei ole mahdollista, poikkeustila on kumottava ja kansalaisvapaudet palautettava hyvin nopeasti. If not, as I said, the state of emergency would have to be lifted very quickly and civil liberties restored.
• hätätilanne
• poikkeustilan käyttöönottoasetus
• poikkeustilanne

Definition of state of emergency

• An unusually difficult or dangerous situation in which a government gives itself special powers or suspends normal legal procedures so as to regain control
• The status quo following such declaration

Related words

• estate of
• state of matter
• state of mind
• state of the art
• state of war
• state of enforcement
• state of siege
• state of being
• State of the Union