decisive

the decisive opening goal.

He gave a decisive answer.

a decisive edge in military strength

a crucial election.See Synonyms at decisive

Man is a decisive factor in doing everything.

the archers played a decisive part in the victory.

A decisive person acts quickly and often succeeds.

gained a decisive victory; gained control of the company.

If you had refused, the outcome would probably not have been very different. Anupshot is a decisive result, often of the nature of a climax:

During the decisive naval battle of Svold Island in 1000, King Olaf of Norway sent into the rigging Einar, the best archer in the country, and told him to kill the rebel Jarl Eric.

The Argentine player Maxi Rodriguez took the decisive penalty.

I want her to be decisive, about herself.

He succeeded in making himself look stronger and more decisive.

But neither group could score a decisive win.

I'm not an idiot. I know how to be decisive.

The decisive attack took off from the foremost position.

The quick, decisive victory that Napoleon expected never happened.

The world, he said, was at a decisive moment.

Lincoln knows he needs to land a decisive blow.

He said the nation needs a swift and decisive foreign policy.