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Definition
very important or necessary — often because it determines how something else will turn out
- "Kind of is crucial," said Crake.p. 292.7
- So many crucial events take place behind people's backs, when they aren't in a position to watch: birth and death, for instance.p. 10.9
- He said he hadn't kept any crucial information on the home computer she'd wrecked, but of course he would have said that, and there was no way of proving otherwise.p. 64.1
- He felt he'd disappointed her, he'd failed her in some crucial way.p. 68.3
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