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decisive

Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive. A decisive battle is fatal for one side's war chances. If you are decisive, you are strong enough to quickly choose between things. The new mayor was a decisive leader.

decisive

determining or having the power to determine an outcome cast the decisive vote two factors had a decisive influence unmistakable had a decisive lead in the polls characterized by decision and firmness an able and decisive young woman we needed decisive leadership she gave him a decisive answer (= critical) forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis a critical point in the campaign the critical test

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Simple sentences

It is decisive for us that we win this game.
We're decisive.
You're decisive.
Tom is decisive.
The situation called for quick, decisive action.
I'm decisive.
Tom was very decisive.
Tom is very decisive.

Movie subtitles

Dear son, I have taken the decisive step, and I have no regrets of it.
The enemy must be dealt a decisive blow!
Yet the enemy gathered great numbers for striking a decisive blow - and to make up for their losses.
I feel a decisive moment is coming.
I accuse the minister of war of having concealed decisive proofs of the innocence of Dreyfus.
There must be an answer to this, quickly, decisive.
The decisive battle at last, eh?
At last the decisive battle!
Decisive moment has arrived, children.
I often have to sacrifice what might be the decisive moment. in a spiritual talk with a patient.
Comrades, in this difficult and decisive hour in which we left our city, we called you to be calm, to be organized and have discipline.
Yet again my intervention proved decisive.
Of course, in case of a tie, we can definitely count on the vice president. to use his decisive vote in favor of the nominee.
The revolt in the desert played a decisive part in the Middle Eastern campaign.
We must deal the enemy a decisive blow.
The boiler house will meet the quota of the Plan's decisive year.
A man who's calm, decisive, and smart.
Everybody. At last the decisive battle!
Everything depends on Your Majesty appearing decisive.
The decisive moment came May 3 at 1315 hours. when the undersea atomic liner, Sturgeon, largest of them all. reached 87 degrees, 10 minutes north latitude. only a few miles from the North Role itself.
To give men the illusion of happiness, the heart and the soul are not the decisive factors.
It will be the decisive battle and we will win!
And the duel, although admittedly a little dramatic, seems to be the most satisfactory and decisive way of setting about it.
I myself suffer terribly from it, for I can't stop it. because, like a dark cloud, some hostile force of black magic. obscures my view at the decisive moment.
On the eve of decisive battles. this often happens, even inside castles.
Which forced us to take decisive measures.
Be decisive, you're not going that far away.
What was the decisive factor?
When the decisive moment comes, the light will finally break.
And your presence could be decisive.
Something solid and decisive about you won me over instantly.
You've got decisive arguments to express your ideas.
Every action we take must be decisive.
It must be quick and decisive!
But the operation must be quick and decisive.
One can not definitively say that a decisive moment for one person is exclusively decisive if another person intervenes.

News and current affairs

Some can migrate, but others (such as polar bears) are likely to be driven to extinction unless we take decisive action to head off climate change.
A country that makes progress on human rights and commits to the change of behavior required to meet these international standards can also make a decisive turn toward a better future.
In brief, the decisive axis of the new order increasingly involves the United States and the People's Republic of China.
He has also been very decisive in attacking the growing corruption that has become a major source of internal malaise, reaching even the highest levels of government.
But it will take some time before the new migrants gain decisive political influence, and the problems of Iran and Russia for Europe require immediate attention.
Deeds speak louder than words, and deeds on the transatlantic level have been swift and decisive - for example, joint efforts aimed at choking off terrorist financing - even when we had strong divergences over Iraq.
Missile defenses could be expanded; the United States could extend security guarantees so that Iran would understand that the threat or use of nuclear weapons would be met with a decisive American response.
This is a decisive novelty.
The opposition posed by this newly empowered political constituency could be decisive.
A decisive pro-women strategy would thus create new momentum for Europe, allowing it to compete with the United States and Asia.
There are simply no rational grounds for expecting either the Conservatives or Labour to achieve the decisive victory needed to form a stable government.
The United States has developed many new low-carbon energy technologies, but other countries are currently far more intent, far-sighted, and decisive than the US to put these technologies to large-scale use.
Given the country's economic conditions, one would think that Italy is ripe for decisive change.
Fortunately, there is still time for decisive rate cuts now to have a robust impact.
At the same time, determined and decisive policies must be taken against extremists.
Prospects for these two sources of growth will not only influence the vigor, or lack thereof, of any recovery; they could well be decisive in bringing about an important shift in the US growth model.
Or, on the contrary, is decisive US support essential to Myanmar's fledgling reform process?
The road ahead is not free of difficulties, but the Strategy represents a decisive step towards solving the challenges of the twenty-first century and preparing us for the world of tomorrow.
The OMT program's success, I argued, presupposed a decisive change in the macroeconomic policy mix throughout the eurozone.
In hindsight, the 2012 French Presidential election could well be remembered not so much for Hollande's victory and the triumph of normalcy, but as the decisive step in populist parties' long march to power.
Indeed, they probably contemplate land incursions into Iran, and possibly a decisive - and, from their perspective, long overdue - showdown with Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
In these circumstances, India needs, above all, decisive leadership.
But the Convention's outcome is unpredictable. The opposition posed by this newly empowered political constituency could be decisive.
Everyone seems keen to prove that the city's air will be a decisive and debilitating factor for one of the world's most high-profile sporting events.
But Rouhani's failure to make a decisive statement on Syria - even after a series of leaked photographs of systematic torture and massacre raised the ire of the international community - has not helped the case for keeping Iran in the fold.

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