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adjective

Decisive adj.

Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive. "A decisive, irrevocable doom." "Decisive campaign." "Decisive proof."

Marked by promptness and decision. "A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character."

Synonyms: Decided; positive; conclusive. See Decided.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Decisive" Quotes from Famous Books

... he crouched there. He wanted to feel decisive; but the weary walk, heavily-laden as he was, had dulled his brain a little, and he could not come to a conclusion as to whether it would not be best to take the initiative and attack at once, trusting to their sudden appearance and the shots they could be creating a panic; for it was not likely ...

— Fix Bay'nets - The Regiment in the Hills • George Manville Fenn

... not to go away the captain remained silent. Suddenly Mrs. Anthony pushed back her loose hair with a decisive gesture of her arms and moved still nearer to him. "Here's papa up yet," she said, but she did not look towards Mr. Smith. "Why is it? And you? I can't go on like this, ...

— Chance • Joseph Conrad

... inflexible as a block of ice" against the desperate assaults of the Moslem horsemen. When the Franks, after the last day's fighting, wished to renew the struggle, they found that the enemy had fled, leaving a camp filled with the spoils of war. This engagement, though famous in history, was scarcely decisive. For some time afterward the Moslems maintained themselves in southern Gaul. It was the Frankish ruler, Pepin the Short, who annexed their possessions there and drove them back across ...

— EARLY EUROPEAN HISTORY • HUTTON WEBSTER

... made of sacking. In this garb, and with no thought of being interrupted, she kept on with her work until the last kettle of fruit, was boiling and bubbling on the stove, and she was just glancing at the clock to see if it were time to put over the peas for dinner, when there came a quick, decisive ...

— Tracy Park • Mary Jane Holmes

... in Bedford—the county jail, the bridewell, and the tower jail. No decisive evidence has been discovered as to which prison Bunyan was committed. Two views of the bridge and prison are given in the plate at p. 63, ...

— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan

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