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adj. of very great significance; "deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision"; "a momentous event"

adj. large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree; "a considerable quantity"; "the economy was a considerable issue in the campaign"; "went to considerable trouble for us"; "spent a considerable amount of time on the problem"

consequential, eventful

adj. having important issues or results; "the year's only really consequential legislation"; "an eventful decision"

abundant

adj. present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"

critical, decisive

adj. forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis; "a critical point in the campaign"; "the critical test"

noteworthy, notable

adj. worthy of notice; "a noteworthy advance in cancer research"

unforgettable

adj. impossible to forget

fatal, fateful

adj. controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events"

doomed, fated

adj. (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate; "doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination"

crucial, important

adj. of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women"

dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening

adj. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"

historic

adj. important in history; "the historic first voyage to outer space"

pivotal, polar

adj. being of crucial importance; "a pivotal event"; "Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions"- Henry Kissinger; "the polar events of this study"; "a polar principal"

meaning(a), pregnant, significant

adj. rich in significance or implication; "a meaning look"

decisive

adj. characterized by decision and firmness; "an able and decisive young woman"; "we needed decisive leadership"; "she gave him a decisive answer"

epochal, epoch-making

adj. highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era; "epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill"; "an epoch-making discovery"

earthshaking, world-shaking, world-shattering

adj. sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; "earthshaking proposals"; "the contest was no world-shaking affair"; "the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering"

evidential, evidentiary

adj. serving as or based on evidence; "evidential signs of a forced entry"; "its evidentiary value"

large

adj. fairly large or important in effect; influential; "played a large role in the negotiations"

monumental

adj. of outstanding significance; "Einstein's monumental contributions to physics"

noteworthy, remarkable

adj. worthy of notice; "a noteworthy fact is that her students rarely complain"; "a remarkable achievement"

portentous, prodigious

adj. of momentous or ominous significance; "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision"

insignificant, unimportant

adj. devoid of importance, meaning, or force

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