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critical: marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude"; characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; "a critical reading"; "a critical dissertation"; "a critical analysis of Melville's writings"; being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency; "a critical shortage of food"; "a critical illness"; "an illness at the critical stage"; at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction; "a critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C--its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure"; "critical mass"; "go critical"; forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis; "a critical point in the campaign"; "the critical test"; urgently needed; absolutely necessary; "a critical element of the plan"; "critical medical supplies"; "vital for a healthy society"; "of vital interest"; of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism; "critical acclaim"

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critique collapse

climacteric collapse: a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause

crossroads collapse: a point where a choice must be made; "Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology"

criticism collapse: a serious examination and judgment of something; "constructive criticism is always appreciated"; a written evaluation of a work of literature; disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings; "the senator received severe criticism from his opponent"

editorial collapse: of or relating to an article stating opinions or giving perspectives; "editorial column"; relating to or characteristic of an editor; "editorial duties"

exigency collapse: a pressing or urgent situation; "the health-care exigency"

comment collapse: a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"; explain or interpret something; make or write a comment on; "he commented the paper of his colleague"

critical point collapse

turning point collapse

landmark collapse: an anatomical structure used as a point of origin in locating other anatomical structures (as in surgery) or as point from which measurements can be taken; a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land; an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend; "the agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations"; the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape; "the church steeple provided a convenient landmark"

fault-finding collapse

parlous collapse: fraught with danger; "dangerous waters"; "a parlous journey on stormy seas"; "a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"; "the precarious life of an undersea diver"; "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery"

emergency collapse: a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action; "he never knew what to do in an emergency"; a state in which martial law applies; "the governor declared a state of emergency"

crisis collapse: a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something; "after the crisis the patient either dies or gets better"; an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty; "they went bankrupt during the economic crisis"

hypercritical collapse: inclined to judge too severely; "hypercritical of colloquial speech"; "the overcritical teacher can discourage originality"

picky collapse

explanatory collapse: serving or intended to explain or make clear; "explanatory notes"; "an explanatory paragraph"

judiciary collapse: persons who administer justice; the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government

juridical collapse: of or relating to the law or jurisprudence; "juridical days"

reproachful collapse

alarming collapse: causing alarm or fear

judgmental collapse: depending on judgment; "a judgmental error"; "I think that she is too judgmental to be a good therapist"

acumen collapse: a tapering point

choosy collapse: difficult to please

censure collapse: harsh criticism or disapproval

captious collapse: tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"

emergent collapse: coming into existence; "an emergent republic"; occurring unexpectedly and requiring urgent action; "emergent repair of an aorta"

cynical collapse: believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others

jawbreaking collapse

zero hour collapse: the time set for the start of an action or operation

expositive collapse

distinguishing collapse: serving to distinguish or identify a species or group; "the distinguishing mark of the species is its plumage"; "distinctive tribal tattoos"; "we were asked to describe any identifying marks or distinguishing features"

overcritical collapse

illustrative collapse

underlying collapse: located beneath or below

sarcastic collapse: expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds

perilous collapse

eleventh hour collapse: the latest possible moment; "money became available at the eleventh hour"; "at the last minute the government changed the rules"

illuminating collapse: providing light; "the sun's illuminating rays"

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