All h-hour synonyms

noun h-hour

• moment of truth — the moment in a bullfight at which the matador is about to make the kill.
• time limit — a period of time within which an action or procedure must be done or completed.
• climax — The climax of something is the most exciting or important moment in it, usually near the end.
• contingency — A contingency is something that might happen in the future.
• crisis — A crisis is a situation in which something or someone is affected by one or more very serious problems.
• crossroad — a road that crosses another road
• crossroads — A crossroads is a place where two roads meet and cross each other.
• crunch time — the critical moment
• deadline — A deadline is a time or date before which a particular task must be finished or a particular thing must be done.
• juncture — a point of time, especially one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances: At this juncture, we must decide whether to stay or to walk out.
• moment of truth — the moment in a bullfight at which the matador is about to make the kill.
• pinch — to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
• strait — Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
• target — an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
• turning point — a point at which a decisive change takes place; critical point; crisis.
• countdown — A countdown is the counting aloud of numbers in reverse order before something happens, especially before a spacecraft is launched.
• d-day — You can use D-day to refer to the day that is chosen for the beginning of an important activity.
• term — a word or phrase that has a specific or precise meaning within a given discipline or field and might have a different meaning in common usage: Set is a term of art used by mathematicians, and burden of proof is a term of art used by lawyers.
• time frame — a period of time during which something has taken or will take place: We're talking about a time frame of five minutes for the president's visit.
• zero hour — the time set for the beginning of a military attack or operation.