Decisive
Tenacious
Tenacious adjective - Continuing despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement.
Decisive and tenacious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decisive" instead an adjective "Tenacious".
Nearby Words: tenacity, tenaciously
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- During the decisive battle of the Dekara civil war, two notable companies, the Merry Company and the Tenacious Company, were hired by the rebels and the loyalists respectively.
Source: Literature / Xenos
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