Both Uses of
pivotal
in
Into the Wild
- Instead, his innocent mistakes turned out to be pivotal and irreversible, his name became the stuff of tabloid headlines, and his bewildered family was left clutching the shards of a fierce and painful love.
p. iii..2pivotal = important
- Then, in the midst of this idyll, came the first of two pivotal setbacks.
p. 168..6 *
Definition:
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(pivotal) very important and influencing other events or how things develop