Capital and Outright

Capital

Capital adjective - Coming before all others in importance.

Outright and capital are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Outright" instead an adjective "Capital".

Outright

Outright adjective - Having no exceptions or restrictions.

Capital and outright are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Capital" instead an adjective "Outright".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Empire at War In space combat, Rogue Squadron's special ability 'Lucky Shot' allows Red 5 (Luke Skywalker) to take out a capital ship's hard point or outright destroy smaller ships in a single shot.
  • In fact, this very argument is still used by those opposed to the outright abolition of capital punishment.
  • The Battlestar In general, the fighters primarily attack other fighters, and get in damage on the capital warships where they can to make it easier for the bigger ships to win the fight, as fighter weaponry really isn't powerful enough to outright kill capital warships on their own.
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