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decisive moment
noun as in critical mass
noun as in crossroad/crossroads
Weak matches
noun as in defining moment
noun as in moment of truth
noun as in point of no return
noun as in turning point
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- axis
- change
- climacteric
- contingency
- crisis
- critical mass
- critical moment
- critical period
- crossing
- crossroads
- crucial moment
- crucial occurrence
- crucial period
- crunch
- cusp
- defining moment
- development
- emergency
- exigency
- high noon
- hinge
- kairotic moment
- moment of truth
- nexus
- pass
- peak
- peripeteia
- pinch
- pivot
- pivotal moment
- point of no return
- race against time
- rising action
- shift
- strait
- transition
- turn of the tide
- when push comes to shove
- zero hour
Example Sentences
Clinton feared that her department was going to hand a political issue to Romney at a decisive moment.
A decisive moment for the veteran political operative arrived after the full scope of the scandal had blossomed.
How could we convince Izetbegovic that he was now at the decisive moment?
At this decisive moment in history, the leaked documents may turn out to be a good thing.
But it was what Henri Cartier-Bresson might have described as a “decisive moment,” and an art fair moment for sure.
When the decisive moment arrived, Semiramis proved herself fully equal to the emergency.
"Let us stick to our text," added Raymond, fearful that some of the party would back out as the decisive moment had come.
Not a few shots were now fired; but the young ladies scarcely heeded them in the excitement of this decisive moment.
All minds were on the stretch waiting impatiently for the decisive moment which now approached.
But he was still heavily outnumbered at the decisive moment, winning his great battle with inferior forces.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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