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life-and-death adj.
momentous adj.

ADJECTIVE

life-and-death

Synonyms

WEAK

all-important consequential critical crucial determining earth-shaking essential imperative important indispensable life-or-death meaningful of vital importance paramount pivotal serious significant urgent vital vitally important

ADJECTIVE

momentous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

consequential crucial decisive eventful far-reaching fateful historic meaningful memorable notable pivotal significant weighty

WEAK

big chips are down considerable critical earth-shaking epochal grave heavy heavy number material of moment outstanding substantial vital

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inconsequential insignificant meaningless ordinary trivial uneventful unimportant unnoteworthy unremarkable unsubstantial

WEAK

immaterial trifling

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earth-shattering

This is not an earth-shattering example of the mysterious contours of human desire.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

For anyone who cares about video games as art and has bemoaned the ever-tightening corporate stranglehold over visual entertainment and its archives, Sony’s disc phaseout is an earth-shattering quake that’s not to be taken lightly.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

In 2022, Sereno returned with a 100-person team and 64 Nigerien guards to excavate the "earth-shattering site".

From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026

That’s better than the previous ceiling of 100 employees, but hardly an earth-shattering reform.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

So why do two weeks with Ben feel so earth-shattering?

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

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