Adjective
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being of crucial importance
"a pivotal event"
"Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions"- Henry Kissinger
"the polar events of this study"
"a polar principal"
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extremely cold
"an arctic climate"
"a frigid day"
"gelid waters of the North Atlantic"
"glacial winds"
"icy hands"
"polar weather"
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of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles
"polar regions"
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located at or near or coming from the earth's poles
"polar diameter"
"polar zone"
"a polar air mass"
"Antarctica is the only polar continent"
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characterized by opposite extremes
completely opposed
"in diametric contradiction to his claims"
"diametrical (or opposite) points of view"
"opposite meanings"
"extreme and indefensible polar positions"
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having a pair of equal and opposite charges