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Adjective
- of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism
- being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
- a critical shortage of food
- an illness at the critical stage
- forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
- a critical point in the campaign
- urgently needed; absolutely necessary
- a critical element of the plan
- critical medical supplies
- vital for a healthy society
- characterized by careful evaluation and judgment
- a critical analysis of Melville's writings
- 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
- marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws