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Another word for crucial

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Adjective

  1. So serious as to be at the point of crisis or necessary to resolve a crisis

    See also:

    safety

  2. Determining or having the power to determine an outcome

    See also:

    important

    decide

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Sentence Examples

  • The position of Damascus is a position of crucial importance from 1130 to 1154.

  • The selection of organisms through the crucial test of fitness and the shaping of the organic world is an orderly process when contemplated on a grand scale.

  • He soon made the crucial discovery - which proved the foundation of the huge industry of artificial alkali manufacture - that the desired end was to be attained by adding a proportion of chalk to the mixture of charcoal and sulphate of soda.

  • The imminence of death often intensifies instead of diminishing a man's desire for the welfare of those he loves, as a crucial experiment proving the disinterestedness of love.

  • In the enthusiasm of the moment the crucial question of the position to be occupied by the conflicting nationalities in this" fraternal union " was overlooked.

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