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of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women" critical, life-and-death, pivotal having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle" decisive having crucial relevance; "crucial to the case"; "relevant testimony" material of the greatest importance; "the all-important subject of disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves are of the essence" important |
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