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      "phonetic": [
        "ˈkruʃəl"
      ],
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        "1706, from French crucial, a medical term for ligaments of the knee (which cross each other), from Latin crux, crucis (“cross”) (English crux), from the Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to bend”).\nThe meaning “decisive, critical” is extended from a logical term, Instantias Crucis, adopted by Francis Bacon in his influential Novum Organum (1620); the notion is of cross fingerboard signposts at forking roads, thus a requirement to choose.1"
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              "mean": "Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital.\nSynonyms: see Thesaurus:important\nThe battle of Tali-Ihantala in 1944 is one of the crucial moments in the history of Finland.\nA secure supply of crude oil is crucial for any modern nation, let alone a superpower.\n2014 March 7,  Nicole Vulser,  “Perfume manufacturers must cope with the scarcity of precious supplies”, in  The Guardian Weekly, volume 190, number 13, page 30:The perfume industry is facing a major problem: maintaining constant levels of quality is crucial, but it is increasingly difficult to obtain a regular supply of all the necessary natural ingredients.\n2018,  Clarence Green; James Lambert,  “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in  Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 106:Vocabulary provides a foundation from which grammar, phonology, and morphology emerge, and in a subject area it provides access to conceptual knowledge. Vocabulary selection for pedagogical purposes is therefore crucial.\n2021 October 1,  A Falun Dafa practitioner in France,  “Using Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to Guide My Young Students”, in  Minghui‎:Language is crucial because it is the best weapon against violence. When children don’t have the words to express their thoughts, they raise their fists."
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            {
              "mean": "(archaic) Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped."
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              "mean": "(slang, especially Jamaica, Bermuda) Very good; excellent; particularly applied to reggae music.\nDelbert Wilkins is the most crucial pirate radio DJ in Brixton."
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