[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

crossroads
     n 1: a community of people smaller than a village syn: hamlet
     2: a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision
        must be made; "at that juncture he had no idea what to
        do"; "he must be made to realize that the company stands
        at a critical point" syn: juncture, critical point
     3: a point where a choice must be made; "freud's work stands at
        the crossroads between psychology and neurology"
see also:
hamlet juncture critical point 

[2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

25 moby thesaurus words for "crossroads":
   climacteric, clutch, convergence of events, country town, crisis,
   critical juncture, critical point, crucial period, crunch,
   emergency, exigency, extremity, ham, hamlet, hinge, pass, pinch,
   push, rub, strait, thorp, turn, turning point, village, wick

[3] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

crossroads, nm
  zip codes: 88114

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