Critical and Forcing

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Critical adjective - Given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things.

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Forcing and critical are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Forcing" instead an adjective "Critical".

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Critical and forcing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Critical" instead an adjective "Forcing".

Nearby Words: force, forceful, forced, forcible, forcefully

Forcing someone like Aichi to use up his entire hand to block one (critical 3!) attack AND managing to get in a critical 2 attack in the same turn is no mean feat.

Source: Anime / Cardfight!! Vanguard
In Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow, one level has you aboard a recently sunk nuclear powered navy ship with the nuclear reactor about to "go critical" forcing you to hurry and shut it down by removing the fuel rods instead of inserting control rods as would be done in reality.

Source: Going Critical
The anime fixes this by Komatsu being given the earplugs right away along with the firecrackers (though he accidentally drops them at a critical moment, forcing him to use one without them).

Source: Characterization Marches On / Anime and Manga

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