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Feb 12, 2012
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cru•cial



Pronunciation: (krOO'shul), [key]
—adj.
1. involving an extremely important decision or result; decisive; critical: a crucial experiment.
2. severe; trying.
3. of the form of a cross; cross-shaped.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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