clincher
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6.2
- noun
- /ˈklɪnʧər/
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argumento decisivo
- The clincher in the debate was the expert testimony proving the project's feasibility.
And then Anselm brings in the clincher for his viewpoint here.
- And then Anselm brings in the clincher for his viewpoint here.
- But here now is the other clincher.
- Sometimes the enablers toss a it's just who they are on top as a clincher as sort of like an enabling part too.
- I thought, right if I can run around this rock and back without stopping, that was that was the clincher without stopping.
Examples
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Hence, he observed that Venus orbits the Sun, and this was the clincher in demonstrating to many people that the Earth does too.
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Saturday's game will be the division clincher for Ohio State if it wins.
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But anyway, I think the clincher for me was when she said there was no such thing as a society.
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A great game would have been a clincher for the winning team.
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It's taken me a few days to figure out where I stand on this, but this post has been a clincher.
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And the real clincher was when I started doing some undergraduate research.
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Now comes the clincher: you cannot restore autonomy or control to a dead person.
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The point is, dear Tom, that our breakthrough in Marine Automation would be the clincher.
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Slim scored the clincher against the Turks.
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The clincher came when you told me that they had finished painting that curb at about 2:30 in the afternoon.
Synonyms
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7.5
The main point that decides what matters most in an issue
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3.7
A fact or condition that decides the result of something
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4.2
The main thing that makes one result happen
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7.0
A last fact, action, or event that decides the result
Compounds
- Specialized
A hand tool that bends and closes the ends of small metal tubes used to join parts
How Conclusive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Clincher comes from the verb clinch, which means 'to fasten' or 'to make tight' and is related to the familiar word clench. So a clincher in an argument is the point that 'seals' the decision and makes the outcome final.