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Another word for salient

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Adjective

  1. Readily attracting notice

    Idioms:
    See also:

    see

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Another word for salient

Modifier

  1. Prominent

    See also:

    famous

    conspicuous

  2. Projecting

    See also:

    prominent

    hilly

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Sentence Examples

  • Only salient points can be indicated.

  • The salient event of Bela's reign was the terrible Tatar invasion which reduced three-quarters of Hungary to ashes.

  • It may be well to point out here the salient features in Bonaparte's conduct towards the states of northern Italy.

  • A brief comparison with these will indicate its salient features.

  • The salient feature of Cambodian geography is the large lake Tonle-Sao, in a depression 68 m.

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