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Noun clincher has 3 senses
- clincher(n = noun.communication) determiner, determining factor - an argument that is conclusive; Array is a kind of argument, statement
- clincher(n = noun.cognition) decisive factor - a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively; Array is a kind of causal factor, determinant, determinative, determiner, determining factor
- clincher(n = noun.artifact) Array - a tool used to clinch nails or bolts or rivets; Array is a kind of tool
Derived form verb clinch6
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clincher, n.
- One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast. Pope. [1913 Webster]
- That which ends a dispute or controversy; a decisive argument. [1913 Webster]
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clincher
KO, conclusive argument, coup de grace, crusher, death stroke, deathblow, end-all, ender, final stroke, finisher, finishing stroke, floorer, kayo, kayo punch, knockdown argument, knockout, knockout blow, last dab, quietus, settler, sockdolager, stopper, trumpROGET THESAURUS
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Confutation
N confutation, refutation, answer, complete answer, disproof, conviction, redargution, invalidation, exposure, exposition, clincher, retort, reductio ad absurdum, knock down argument, tu quoque argument, sockdolager, correction, dissuasion, confuting, confuted capable of refutation, refutable, confutable, defeasible, contravene (counter evidence), condemned on one's own showing, condemned out of one's own mouth, the argument falls to the ground, cadit quaestio, it does not hold water, suo sibi gladio hunc jugulo, his argument was demolished by new evidence.
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