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cruciality

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cru⋅cial

  [kroo-shuhl]
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–adjective
1. involving an extremely important decision or result; decisive; critical: a crucial experiment.
2. severe; trying.
3. of the form of a cross; cross-shaped.
Origin:
1700–10; < L cruci- (s. of crux) cross + -al 1

Related forms:
cru⋅ci⋅al⋅i⋅ty  [kroo-shee-al-i-tee, kroo-shal-] , noun
cru⋅cial⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. momentous, vital, essential, significant.
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