Sometimes things go horribly wrong when you're writing, and for that you need some good evocative crisis verbs. Here's a collection of them.
B
- battle
- blow
- brawl
- burn
C
- chase
- come (apart)
- confront
- cope
- corner
- cower
- crack
- cry
D
- disintegrate
F
- face (a setback)
- fall
- fight
- flip (out)
- freak (out)
- fret
G
- go (for it, for broke)
- grapple
H
- hit (the roof, rock bottom)
I
- intensify
K
- knock (off)
L
- let (go, loose)
- lose (control, cool)
O
- overcome
- overwhelm
P
- panic
- push (through)
R
- reel
- risk
- rock
S
- scramble
- shudder
- smash
- snap
- stagger
- struggle
- suffer
- sweat
T
- take (a hit)
- throw (in the towel)
- tussle
U
- unravel
W
- wage (war)
- worry
- wrestle
