What does imminent mean?

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Adjective
  1. about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.
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Concern is growing among humanitarian aid workers that about 100,000 people are now in imminent peril.
It may be possible that scientists will one day announce with confidence that an ice age is imminent, or that a warm period is under way.
The cat-o-nine-tails with its knitted thongs of whipcord was pickled in brine to stiffen it when there was an imminent flogging.
A justiciable case must present actual injury, or an imminent threat of injury.
But the recent rapprochement between the EU and Libya signalled that an end to the embargo was imminent.
The imminent abolition of the current transfer system will only increase a worrying trend.

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