All 9 Uses
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Flags of Our Fathers
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- He was reaching out to give support to a younger boy in the critical chain of action.†
Chpt 2.
- A slowly tightening American economic boycott of critical exports to Japan hastened the decision to act.†
Chpt 3. *
- It was at this critical stage of the war that the United States Marine Corps burst onto the scene as a new kind of fighting force uniquely designed to wage a new kind of warfare.†
Chpt 3.
- They had no outside information on which to build critical judgments.†
Chpt 3.
- As these great events were thrashing themselves out in the Pacific, a certain mild-mannered young fellow in Appleton, Wisconsin, was preparing, cautiously and under a few critical misimpressions, to do his duty.†
Chpt 4.
- The training began with the simplest and most critical cog in the great fighting machine—the rifleman.†
Chpt 5.
- It was critical that the barbarians not take Iwo Jima.†
Chpt 6.
- They knew that ten days of Navy shelling by heavy ships was critical before their Marines rushed ashore.†
Chpt 6.
- It was critical that the Seventh Bond Tour bring in some big numbers.†
Chpt 15.
Definitions:
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(1)
(critical as in: a critical problem) important, serious, or dangerous
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(2)
(critical as in: don't be so critical) finding fault and telling others; or tending to have unfavorable opinions
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(critical as in: critical acclaim) relating to careful analysis or thoughtful judgement of what is good and bad about something -- possibly from people whose job is to share their expert opinions in a given industry
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) See a comprehensive dictionary for more specialized senses of critical including those in mathematics and nuclear energy.