Decisive
Both words in one sentence
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XCOM is great at what they do, but every time the squad has had to retreat from a mission, it's because they were getting overwhelmed by superior numbers after failing to make a decisive breakthrough early on.
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General (later President) Zachary Taylor was responsible for a decisive victory against the British, so the song describes his funeral (a very lavish funeral, of course - but still a funeral) in great detail.
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Richard stayed on, winning some victories, both military and diplomatic, against his great Muslim opponent, Saladin, but unable finally to recapture Jerusalem or to gain any decisive dominance for the Christians in the Holy Land.
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Great and Decisive. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/decisive/great
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Great or Decisive. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/decisive/great.
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