Another word for acute
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Adjective
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Another word for acute
Modifier
Synonym Study
- Crucial comes into contrast with critical where a trial determining a course of action rather than a decisive turning point is involved a crucial debate on foreign policy See also syn. study at sharp.
- a critical point in the negotiations
- Critical is applied to a crisis or a turning point that will decisively determine an outcome the situation was critical
- Acute suggests severe intensification of a condition that is sharply approaching a climax an acute shortage of workers
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